The topic that I chose to research and discuss was racial profiling. I felt that it was an appropriate topic because as an African American looking for a career in law enforcement I’m going to encounter these types of situations every day. In my in the following pages I hope to show you how law enforcement officer can either use this to as a positive tool or will it be a mean of abuse and racism. I will give you some history on where racial profiling was developed. Going through the “crack” era of New
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term “racial profiling” was given popularity within the U.S as it became an often
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place everyday and is an example of racial profiling. Racial profiling is defined as the targeting of particular individuals by law enforcement based on personal characteristics‚ like race‚ religion‚ or ethnicity (“Reality of Racial
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Racial Profiling: A Modern Day Epidemic Did you know that an appalling‚ unconstitutional and pernicious attack happens continuously in today’s society against innocent citizens and nobody does anything about it? This practice is called racial profiling. Mr. Bob Herbert‚ a journalist for the New York Times‚ discusses this in his article‚ “Hounding the Innocent”. This article is an insightful and informative. He informs his readers about many actual situations of innocent citizens becoming victims
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say “racial profiling is an epidemic in Toronto schools…” (Cotroneo 1) and the school board “...has seen a startling rise in the number of black children facing expulsion over “trivial issues” (Cotroneo 1). This quote helps people understand what we’re exactly dealing with and how the government continues to do nothing to help abolish these discriminatory practices in school as it should‚ especially when it involves future citizens. High schoolers are not just limited to experiencing racial profiling
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Racial Profiling and Male African Americans Tanika Williams SOC/120 March 4‚ 2012 Renisha Gibbs Racial Profiling and Male African Americans What comes to your mind when you think of an interaction an authoritative figure (police‚ teacher‚ principal)? In the African American community it is usually fear and anxiety of the motive of the authoritative figure‚ especially if you are a male. The intersection of race and gender for the African American male provides a basis for premature judgment
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by two police officers for no reason and left in a barren filed outside of the city‚ two of them‚ Rodney Naistus and Lawrence Wegner did not make it. ‚ As far as I am concerned‚ this case was an epitome of racial profiling against Aboriginal group in Canadian justice system. The racial profiling against aboriginal people existed in justice system for a long time and is hard to get rid of for many reasons. For the historical reason‚ First nation people seldom get involved in the white-dominated
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between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism The world today consists of an incalculable number of societies. Each society varies significantly in the different elements of culture. Culture is one’s designed way of living based on erudite customs‚ knowledge‚ material items‚ and behavior. Within every society today lives an ethnocentric attitude. The belief that ones own culture is superior to that of another’s. However‚ it is important to develop a sense of cultural relativism in today’s society‚
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Racial Profiling and Male African Americans Racial profiling has been and will continue to be a problem in the United States. Many believe that racial profiling is more prevalent in today’s society; however‚ this issue has been a part of our society since slavery. Moreover‚ African American males are mostly the targets of racial profiling‚ especially in larger cities like New York City and Los Angeles. Racial profiling is becoming a huge problem within the police departments. Police officers are
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because of who they are without any questions asked. “Racial profiling is by far one of the racist movement the police department could us to determine the criminal” (Brown). African Americans felt discriminated by the stereotypes these people believe which allowed racial profiling to target them as victims depending on the dicrption given to the law enforcements. Incarcerating innocent victims because of racial stereotypes is what racial profiling conducts are doing with African Americans because to
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