If you believe the news, todays America is plagued by an epidemic of violent hate crimes. But is that really true? In Hoax, Professor Wilfred Reilly examines over one hundred widely publicized incidents of so-called hate crimes that never actually happened. With a critical eye and attention to detail, Reilly debunks these fabricated incidentsmany of them alleged to have happened on college campusesand explores why so many Americans are driven to fake hate crimes. Were not experiencing an epidemic of hate crimes, Reilly concludesbut we might be experiencing an unprecedented epidemic of hate crime hoaxes.
