fakehatecrimes.org
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The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed (mostly) in the USA. It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the original book on this subject. The books Hate Crime Hoax and Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics are recommended.

Report 146.

Articles/Programs

191. A Test of Racism Produces an Uproar / Gilbert Moore, a black student, was suspended after he confessed to posting racial slurs on the Black Student Union. There was a major upsurge of hand-wringing and speeches about diversity and so on be / 1993-02-17

Details

Type of hoax: admitted - victim or accomplice(s) committed crime

Date: 1993-02-01

Location: Williams MA

Summary: Racial slurs written on paper posted on door of Black Student Union building. The BSU made the most of it. The president informed the campus that they'd got the perp, but didn't say he was black.

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