A new Los Angeles County report (pdf) identifies a significant rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, but critics say the crimes may not be race-motivated. The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations released a statement Oct. 20 showing a total of 44 anti-Asian crimes reported in 2020—a 76 percent increase from the previous year’s data. “If the system examines everything through the lens of race, that will make things worse including crime rates and hate crimes,” Frank Xu, president of the non-profit organization Californians for Equal Rights and co-founder of San Diego Asian Americans for Equality, told The Epoch Times. As a longtime social activist, Xu has been closely working with his community in fighting for equal rights for Californians. Xu said that whenever he heard such talk from his friends, he would encourage them to attribute the cause of the crime to one’s race only if they exhaust all …