Even if the victim is White, it's still a hate crime if the perps' reasons are

[theking]

...based solely on skin color  :

2 Hawaiian men found guilty of hate crime for attacking white homeowner

Two Native Hawaiian men were found guilty of a hate crime for attacking a white homeowner in 2014 in Maui.

On Nov. 17, a federal jury found Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, 32, and Levi Aki, Jr., 33, guilty for their “racially motivated attacks” on Christopher Kunzelman when he attempted to move into a home he had purchased in the neighborhood of Kahakuloa.