Bushkin.

Why is Miami, Miami?

What does the heartbreaking fate of the Cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children?

Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports?

I'm Malcolm Gladwell. In my new audiobook, Revenge of the

Tipping Point, I'm returning to the subject of social epidemics and the dark side of contagious

phenomenon. Find revenge of the tipping point wherever you find audiobooks out now.

From Pushkin Industries, this is deep background, the show where we explore the stories behind the stories in the news. I'm Noah Feldman. Several weeks ago, the nation was shocked

and horrified to hear about shootings in Atlanta, Georgia,

where a 21-year-old man went to three day spas or massage parlors and killed eight people. Six of the

victims were of Asian origin, and many people are wondering if and whether the gunmen will be charged with committing a

hate crime alongside charges of murder and aggravated assault. But hate crime charges are relatively rare,

and they can be challenging to prove in court. In 2020, Georgia became one of the last states in the country to enact an

anti-hate crime law. That in turn raises some core questions. Why are hate crimes charges so rare?

How should and do the police actually investigate and prosecute hate crime? What should we do when there are many hate crimes

that may evade the legal criteria despite appearing on the surface and maybe beneath to be

racially motivated? All of these are questions that connect to the theme of power, which is our

central theme this year on deep background.

They raise the question of the state's power to react to racial and other forms of bias

and of the capacity of our society more broadly to exercise societal power over and against

the power of hate.

Today's guest is an expert on precisely these topics.

...