hate crime

today i first got in contact with the definition of hate crime... wikipedia reads as follows:

"hate crimes (also known as bias motivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, or political affiliation.^[1] "

can our social system be persecuted for hate crimes has well as single citizens are?

i truly believe it can!