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    heard the term “racial profiling‚” or the phase “driving why black.” For many African Americans racial profiling is a form of racism. Racial profiling is also a reality most African Americans will face daily. African American males learn all too quickly or early on in life that they might be subjected to be harassed by law enforcement not because they did anything wrong‚ but because of the color of their skin. What is racial profiling? According to Piquero and Reitzel (2006) racial profiling is the

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    Racial profiling is the inclusion of racial or ethnic characteristics in determining whether a person is considered likely to commit a particular type of crime or an illegal act. There used to be a time when color did matter‚ it was the way people of the time identified each other. Abraham Lincoln sought out to change everyone’s perception; giving the blacks the same freedom as his white brother in. little did people realize that the progressive society would retain some of the old mental shackles

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    Ali 1  Hafsa Ali  Mr. Chris Polley  Senior Composition‚ 5th hr.  9 December 14  Ethnic Portrayal  In the past couple of years many teens and young adults especially those who are  generally black have been killed. In 2012 Trayvon Martin an unarmed 17 year old who had a  recently before purchased a bag of candy and juice was shot by the neighborhood watchman  George Zimmerman. Michael Brown a high school graduate was fatally shot more than 6 times  by police officer Darren William. Darren Williams’s claim was that he was attacked

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    Racial and Ethnic Groups Michelle Winner ETH 125 October 23‚ 2010 NIKIYA SPENCE Racial and Ethnic Groups There are three sociological perspectives of race and ethnicity which are functionalist‚ conflict‚ and labeling perspectives. The first one I will discuss is the functionalist perspective. The functionalist perspective emphasizes how the parts of society are structured to maintain its stability. As also described in the reading the functionalist approach is an approach‚ if an aspect

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    world? Why do you set a fire of hate? Why do you segregate? Wherever you go‚ wherever you look‚ there is regularly some individuals that are different. A significant number of us concentrate on differences and not on similitudes of other individuals. Racial segregation is all

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    I’m going against racial profiling meaning that I’m going to talk about it in a CON perspective. To me racial profiling can cause a lot problems‚ and the reason for that is because when the police are racial profiling they could be going for the wrong person because of the color of their skin‚ the person that the police stopped could be innocent and while the police is there trying to see what that person has done wrong the police could be missing out on catching a real criminal. Racial profiling

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    The Minority Community vs. Criminal Justice System The criminal law(s) have always been an issue with Black America in the United States. The criminal justice system has evolved into a negative effect on minority races. This has continued to annihilate the African-American community from the Jim Crow Laws established after slavery in 1800s to now in the 2000’s. The government elites established theories to keep blacks from opportunity and equality. Marxist theory explains this‚ how minorities can

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    Racial Profiling is the act of targeting a person specially based on their race. Racial profiling does not refer to the act of a law enforcement agent pursuing a suspect in which the specific description of the suspect includes race or ethnicity in combination with other identifying factors. One of the largest groups that are racially profiled are of the Arab heritage that live in the United States. This is because of the 2001 Terrorist Attack on the Twin towers in New York City on September 11.

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    Racial profiling has been around all around the world and is used by many people to provide safety to other people. Racial profiling is practiced by many police officers or law enforcers to provide safety to the community but they sometimes get carried away and abuse others instead. Racial profiling should be used for the safety of others but it should never be abused. It makes sense to use racial profiling when a crime has taken place because they might be a suspect. According to Linda Chavez

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    My sophomore year was the hardest for my friends and me because we were suffering from racial trauma‚ which affects us mentally and emotionally. 2015 seemed to be an apex for black men and women dying at the hands of a police. When we were just starting to grieve over the death of Michael Brown‚ another report came out that a young mentally ill man named Matthew Ajibade was tasered in the groin area while being restrained in a chair by police officers. This inhumane action was a breaking point causing

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