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    Can you imagine going somewhere and feeling like everybody is staring at you or talking about you because you are somewhat different from everyone else. Being different doesn’t mean you are not part of the world and doesn’t make it okay to get singled out and targeted on because of being different. Every race at one point‚ has experienced discrimination. As children growing up‚ we are taught to not judge a book by its cover but that’s easier said than done. Making judgements about something without

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    our country forever. After the tragedy of September 11th America became a more unified country. Thousands of people gather every few weekends to honor and respect those who have fallen. “On the

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    Before and After 9/11 Before and After 9/11 Before and After 9/11 (Infocus‚ 2011) This beautiful picture was taken‚ a week before the attack on the United States. This picture also shows the trade towers that were attacked New York City. The world trade towers were a symbol of achievement to the American people and a hub for the downtown metropolitan area. It was a focal point of many things in New York; lots of people would come to see the world trade towers because it

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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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    Name] [Professor ’s Name] [Subject Code and Title] [Date] Is Racial Profiling an Effective Counter Terrorism Measure? The September 11 terror attack on the American soil was followed by a successive wave of events that were aimed at countering terrorism. As the global engagement on terrorism intensified‚ racial profiling became more pronounced along the corridors of counter-terrorism. Conversely‚ the employment of racial profiling as an instrument for detecting terror suspects and countering terrorism

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    false               discovery rates for detecting racial bias in police stops. American Statistical               Association‚ 104(486)‚ 661-668. As the director of the Center on Quality Policing and assistant professor for the department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania‚ the authors of this article believe that through three methodologies of research‚ problem police officers can be flagged so that the issue of racial profiling can be addressed more appropriately.  Ridgeway and

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    September 11‚ 2001 were a tragic day in the history of the United States. Law enforcement efforts after these attacks have been construed by many as racial profiling‚ because they focus on Muslims of Arab and South Asian origin; however‚ male African Americans have experienced this racial profiling for decades. Defining racial profiling and discussing its impact on America will show that even in the smallest of towns this is a common practice that is just not going away. We will be discussing racial profiling

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    Racial Profiling is Morally wrong Some people are not aware of the racial profiling that still exists in America‚ and if they are they make no effort of talking about it. Police prejudice and racial profiling is responsible for many false arrests‚ convictions and deaths of African Americans. Racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone to have committed an offense. This has been an ongoing problem that African Americans have been dealing with for more than

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    Is Racial Profiling Defensible Public Policy? The judging of an individual’s character by their race did not become relevant because of the Rodney King beating‚ the attacks on the World Trade Center‚ or the illegal aliens crossing the Mexican border. Racial Discrimination has been a reoccurring issue for centuries. Throughout time‚ these judgments and discriminations have led to unwarranted searches‚ racial riots and unjust prosecutions. Racial Profiling not only adds to this overwhelming issue

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    criminals or bad guys to police officers. This is due to how rap artists portray minorities in urban neighborhoods and how society itself looks at them. They are often suspects of racial profiling while shopping. For example‚ an African American college student was stopped in New York City by two white police officers after they suspected him from stealing from a Barneys store. Barneys is a well-known expensive department store. The police officer reportedly told the student that he didn’t look like

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