The F.B.I. released its 2008 data on hate crimes in the U.S. The figures suggest that American hatred is on the rise, but not my much: only about 2 percent. The highest upticks occurred for hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation (up 11 percent) and religion (up 9 percent).

Sudhir Venkatesh discusses patterns in the FBI’s 2008 data on hate crimes.

published in NYTimes.com, Dec. 14, 2009 – Click here to read..