Stereotypes And Discrimination In The Police Force

Today in the world, there are many incidents in society that are caused from false assumptions which lead to wrong decisions being made. Society has built a hierarchy wherein people are discriminated based on certain qualities and this leads to certain individuals not being treated equally as others. The stereotypes and the discrimination faced by lower class citizens ignores the basic rights that every human is entitled to, leading to the belief that society has persistently failed in their hopes of creating an environment which induces equality.

In the police force, the assumptions and beliefs of the officers have an effect on the way that they perform their job as well as how they act on the field. The fact that racism has been demolished
It is evident that individuals would see Virgil Tibbs as the highest skilled man that the City of Wells has for their homicide, yet the chief wants to reject his service simply because he is of colored skin. They believe that it is an insult to have a black man perform a job better than a white man, despite all of their qualifications. “...Just what the hell do you do? [referring to the homicide], well, you might ask to borrow a homicide expert. And… what do you do if you have one… and he has a black skin?... Nobody could tell him that a colored man could do anything he couldn’t do.” (Ball 27) If the police believe that the colour of your skin is more important than your character, or your benefit, then how much can they be trusted? Living in a Western Society in the 21st Century, individuals want to believe that the idea of discrimination and racism of any minority has been abolished, yet looking around America and Canada it doesn’t seem as so. The Guardian had a list of murders committed by police officers on unarmed african americans, here are only a few examples; Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tanisha Anderson, Philip White, Eric Harris and many more cruel