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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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    Racial profiling within law enforcement has been around for such a long time‚ leading many to wonder why it has persisted. Part of the reason is that there has been a lack of action by Congress surrounding this issue. Early in 2001‚ the End Racial Profiling Act was introduced to Congress‚ which stated “no law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling.” (The Leadership Conference‚ 2011) It failed after the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States‚ due

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    African Americans and Latino Americans have always been presumed as 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

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    Racial Profiling‚ Police brutality‚ and African American people being judged because our skin color‚ also because the way we talk‚ and dress. There has been too many cases where white cops has beaten an African American man for thinking they were up to something‚ not knowing. There has been way too many times that a black man has been stereotyped because they are dressed a different way or their hair was styled a certain way. Too many year African American people has been discriminated upon. Too

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    Courtney Conway Period 3 ERWC Mr. Bingaman Most evidence suggests that when law enforcement authorities use racial profilingracial tension can easily become a problem in communities. If ethnic minorities are far more likely to be stopped by police‚ they tend to feel that they are being unfairly harassed as a result‚ and before long racial tensions build up between the police and the local community. A great example of this tension is the reaction sparked by the Ferguson trials. Historically

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    Everyone gets humiliated in their life at one point or another. In those moments‚ all you can think about is getting revenge on the person who embarrassed you. The best way to get justice is to get someone to believe in something ridiculous. There are 3 easy parts that you have to complete to make someone believe a blatant lie the foundation‚ the creation‚ and the finale. These three easy steps can change someone’s thoughts in a matter of minutes‚ which can be extremely helpful when stuck in trouble

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    in the past but their actions have shaped the future for a new generation were people of any color have the ability to do as they please. Sadly not everyone was moved by their actions and so racial profiling still lingers. How are the people of today fighting back? One of the big instances of racial profiling was towards couch Rodrick Rhodes. He’s played in Kentucky before‚ he represented them and played for them. Everyone looked at him as a blue person and forgot his true color. After coming back

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    In the movie “Crash” there are many examples of profiling throughout the film. Racial profiling is defined as the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Its very important during the film not only including African American but as well as Hispanic‚ Persian‚ and American culture. In the film there is this Persian family who owned a store and the father went to buy a gun with his daughter for there protection at the store. The father didn’t know

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    Racial Profiling By Police In today’s society we still see racism is a big problem in America some people will deny that there isn’t a problem. Racial profiling occurs anywhere in work‚ schools‚ and also by police officers. Racism affects millions of innocent people in the United States that are being targeted by their skin color and assumptions they have on people by being killed and harassed . The Law enforcement detain individuals for suspicion of a crime based on their race‚ which profile them

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    I wearily walk home from a long day along the beaten concrete sidewalk dressed in sweat soaked modest rags for clothing I then hear the sirens of local police racing closer towards me. I was‚ almost instantly‚ surrounded by blinding lights of red and blue the police officers holding nightsticks forced me down to the ground I was being arrested for stealing something that did not belong to me. Blurred to court for sentencing after losing my defense sent to a camp where the only colors you see is

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