The Oregon Department of Justice says its annual bias report shows troubling growth in hate and bias incidents statewide.
According to the DOJ, bias-motivated reports called into the Bias Response Hotline have increased 178% since the hotline launched in 2020.
They say more than 2,500 bias crimes and incidents were reported in 2022.
Nearly 1 in 4 bias-motivated reports were anti-Black-African-American in nature.
The number of religious motivated bias reports increased from 66 in 2020 to 251 in 2022.
The DOJ said 75% of those were antisemitic in nature, and anti-LGBTQ+ bias reporting also increased drastically.
Reports of gender-identity-based bias rose 639% since 2020 and reported anti-sexual orientation bias went up 430%.
The DOJ noted that the increases may be due in part to improved outreach.
