Here is a list of those individuals who might be targets of hate crimes that might not fit the stereotypical description of a hate crime victim.
 

• African American
• Alcoholic
• AIDS
• Arab
• Asian American
• Assyrian
• Blood Type
• Bosnian American
• Buddhist
• Car That One Drives
• Catholic
• Cambodian American
• Caucasian
• Celebrities
• Child Molester
• Chinese American
• Christian
• Cleanliness
• Colors Worn
• Compulsive
• Disabled
• Drug Dealer
• Drug User
• Drunk Driver
• East Indian American
• Elderly
• Eye Color
• Eye Print
• Facial Structure
• Filipino American
• Finger Print Type
• Food Preference
• Gang
• Gender
• Gun Owners
• Hair Color
• Hair Style
• Hindu
• Hispanic American
• HIV Positive
• Hmong
• Homeless
• Individuals on financial aid or government assistance
• Individuals who use traditional methods of healing
• Individuals who posses traditional ethic and values
• Individuals with a disease
• Iranian American
• Japanese American
• Jewish
• Language One Speaks
• Latino
• Left Handed Writer
• Mormon
• Moslem
• Native American
• Number of Children
• Occupation
• Palestinian
• Pilot
• Possessive
• Police Officer
• Political Affiliation
• Politician
• Pregnant
• Prostitute
• Russian Americans
• Social Class
• Sexual Orientation
• Sikh
• Skin Color
• Smoker
• Teens
• Terrorist
• Type of Clothing That One Wears
• Type of Shoes
• Vietnamese American
• Wears Glasses
• Weight
• White Supremacist
• Zen

Although, many of these are not considered targets of hate crimes according to the laws, they are still victims on some level.  Victims of hate crimes are no longer limited to an individual's skin color or religious affiliation.  Society uses many different criteria in separating an individual from a group and this leads to more people becoming targets of hate crimes.
 

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