Better or Worse #6: This is the sixth instalment in a month-long municipal election series of infographics examining Hamilton's progress over recent years.
Monday's instalment of Hamilton: Better or Worse took a look at hate crimes in the city. Hate crimes have decreased in the last three years. But that doesn't mean the city is getting more tolerant. The number of incidents that have a hate or bias element is growing.
In 2008, there were 33 hate crimes, Hamilton Police Service figures show. In 2013, there were only 11.
But the number of hate/bias incidents, which usually involve someone uttering a racial epithet or "odious remarks" against someone's race, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, physical or mental ability or sexual orientation is growing year over year.
In 2008, there were 36 hate/bias incidents. In 2012, that number grew to 145. In 2013, it was 111.
Of the hate crimes in 2013, five were assaults, three were what police call "wilful promotion of hatred," two were graffiti and one involved uttering a threat.
The black community is most frequently targeted. Of the hate/bias incidents in 2013, 56 per cent, or nearly half, were against people of African descent.
Police are trying to reduce these incidents through community outreach and officer training, among other measures. But Evelyn Myrie, executive director of the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion, told CBC Hamilton earlier this year that it doesn't get enough attention.
"The issue needs a voice and it doesn't get a voice," she said.
"People suffer in silence."
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