### Question
Can you define what hate crime means?


### Answer
**Hate crime** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 7161*:

> a crime as described in section 1(b) of the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 7161*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 70-STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS > SUBCHAPTER IV-21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS > Part A-Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities > subpart 4-general provisions**

