The Southern Poverty Law Center is a main critic of the annual federal report on hate crimes.
Heidi Beirich, a spokesperson for the group, tells Farai Chideya why more needs to be done to get a better assessment of hate crimes.
She says the FBI findings don't reflect the reality of hate crimes perpetrated each year in the United States.
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