Victims of hate violence are often severely injured or killed. Hate violence is terroristic in nature. Acts of hate violence seek to generate fear and send a threatening message to all persons in that category. For example when a person is attacked because of their race, all people of that race know they could have been the victim of the attack. Hate violence is hate violence is about power and control.
Perpetrators feel entitled to act violently.
There is a sense the violence is socially sanctioned. Hate violence is anti-democratic. Violent attacks often increase after public demonstrations to secure democratic and civil rights for people in one of the targeted groups. Silence in the face of hate, however, does not prevent violence. Hate violence is built upon a foundation of silence.