...Racial profiling is a problem that has been going on in the United States for far too long. Everyday, people are being pulled over and searched just because of their race or because of their ethnic background. Police profiling is defined as being law enforcement officers targeting people based on a specific trait of theirs such as their race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or gender. One branch of police profiling that has been in the news a lot lately although it has been a problem for many years is racial profiling. Many people automatically think of black people when they hear the words racial profiling, when in fact, it is a problem amongst other races as well such as Mexican, Asian, and Middle Eastern. Racial profiling has led to many lawsuits and deaths recently and is a growing problem in the United States, as it has led to riots and protests. One case of racial profiling is the Michael Brown case. Michael was a 17 year old teenager from Ferguson, MIssouri who was gunned down by a white police...
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...The Problem of Racial Profiling Racial profiling is a serious issue of social importance in the United States. Many believe it is wrong to judge someone by their color or race. Racial profiling is suspecting a person because of a race has committed an offense. We should care about this because some of the law enforcement are taking this too far, where they would pull over certain group of people just because of their ethnicity. Us citizens should consider this issue because stereotypes does not determines a person’s life. I believe this is wrong but it is part of our community that people are being judged too quickly. This would still be an issue and it would make many good police officers look bad. Racial profiling can be beneficial thing...
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...Social Justice and Equality: Racial Profiling Galina Shlikht, Nicole Gordon and Becky Overstreet City University of Seattle Author’s Note Galina Shilkht, Student, City University Nicole Gordon, Student, City University Becky Overstreet, Student, City University Social Justice and Equality Team Outline (All) Conflict and Solutions 1. Faulty communication Sometimes criticism can be given inappropriately. This can result in hurting the feelings of group members leaving them feeling devalued. When this happens, we as a team believe the first thing that must be done is to be honest and let the group know how you feel. So we must acknowledge the conflict. The next appropriate step would be to discuss the conflict with all of the team members. After this, we should try and understand the situation and reach an agreement. One of the agreements could be that criticism be given appropriately and constructively. 2. Time management With work, kids, and living in different time zones it can be a challenge to find the time that works best for the three of us to discuss the details, questions, and/or concerns about our essay together. Our solution to this is to set up exact times and day, sort of like an online appointment, for when the three of us can be available via Facebook group message. 3. Personality clashes We all have our own way of doing things. Our styles of working might be different and sometimes this can cause a conflict with each other...
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...After the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, the American government began "clearing the nation of thousands of its Muslims" ("Arab"22). Fear of another deadly attack had crippled not only the Bush Administration, but also the entire nation. The Bush Administration implemented a new tactic of prevention: racial profiling. Racial profiling has caused millions of innocent “Arab-looking” people to lose their lives because of racial bigotry. "There is absolutely no evidence to support claims of superiority" (Swedlund 60); these claims of superiority are the government's inability to accurately profile terrorists and provide civilians with false protection. Racial profiling is an excuse for blatant racism of minority groups...
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...Cole Ryan Debra Booth 1301 378 19 February 2016 Essay 1 On April 28, 2010, the political cartoon titled “Anglozona Illegal Tan Block” was published by the St. Luis Dispatch. Pictured in the political cartoon is an orange bottle of sunscreen, patterned just like the state flag of Arizona. With a completely white background surrounding this bottle of sunscreen, it’s hard not to focus directly on the bottle and analyze every detail of it. Also shown on the bottle of sunscreen is a picture of a cactus that seems to be dressed to look like the Statue of Liberty. The cactus holds a tablet in one hand with the words “Show I.D.” inscribed, and a torch in the other. The sunscreen’s impossibly high SPF of 12,000 is printed in bold white letters across the bottle to show that there is absolutely no way that your skin will get any more tan than it already is. Under the bold letters, the sunscreen claims that it “protects against police harassment.” Why would a sunscreen need SPF 12,000 protection as well as protection against police harassment? All of these factors come into play with the circumstances that were in play back in 2010. The Arizona Senate Bill 1070 was a legislative act that was passed in 2010. The SB 1070 act stated that U.S federal law requires all aliens over 14 years of age who have stayed in the United States longer than 30 days to register with the U.S government and keep their registration documents with them at all times. Violation of this law was considered...
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...Jalen Lewis English 111-04 Reflective Essay 10/13/14 Gentle Giants For as long as I can remember I was always given the harsher discipline after a conflict between me and another person. And for a long time I could never figure out why. Was it because I started it? No, it would usually start because of them picking with me. Was it because of the color of my skin? Again. No, because it was usually between me and another person of my color. Another question popped into my head. Was it because I was taller and bigger than the other person? That’s when it hit me. When I think back, I mostly remember the conflicts being with a person smaller than me. That had to be the reason. I found this to be true when one of my teachers apologized to me for thinking that I was bullying another student. Of course, I am not the only one to be labeled as a bully because of my size. It happens all over the world. Not only in real life but, also on TV shows, cartoons, in movies, and even in books. Even though it is not as serious, it is just like racial profiling, except with size instead of the color of one’s skin. It seems like most of the places I go people are afraid of me because of my size. Much like people being afraid of persons of certain races. The difference is that it is not a certain race that is afraid me. It is people of all different races. Seeing people flee in my presence can be quite upsetting. There’s also the staring and commenting, which drives me crazy. It’s almost as...
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...reason the officer wants to search your car. After much hassle you are finally free to go, yet still have no explanation as to why you were pulled over to begin with. Now imagine you are black and the officer is white. You have probably just experienced racial profiling. Racial profiling is a problem which is gaining widespread notoriety in the United States. It may be the most important homeland issue we face today. Racial profiling is a clear violation of the civil rights of United States citizens. Not only does racial profiling affect civilians, but it actually makes law enforcement ineffective. Most efforts to investigate and eradicate racial profiling have failed due to unclear findings and a lack of accountability on the part of law enforcement. New measures must be taken in conjunction with current measures to curb racial profiling. A stringent federal program to monitor and survey our nation’s police officers is needed. The public also needs to become more involved in efforts to stop racial profiling. Until these measures are taken, racial profiling will continue to eat away at the heart of our nation. Racial profiling is one of the most important civil rights issues facing our country today. Not only does racial profiling affect the direct victims, it negatively affects all people of color, in all generations, of all levels of economic standing. The integrity and accountability of...
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...Racial Profiling Still Active Today Research Methodology in Public Safety Racial Profiling “It is said that Milwaukee Police Departments are said to be “racial profiling” due to their Police Chief implementing a “traffic stop initiative” only in African American Communities. The Police Chief tried to say it that it wasn’t “racial profiling” but rather “targeting the high crime areas of Milwaukee (White, 2010).” Racial profiling occurs when police routinely use races as a factor that causes an officer to react with suspicion to take action. Though the Police Chief feels he is doing the right thing by supposedly protecting “black victims,” the community feels that the police department is “racially profiling.” Racial profiling in my opinions an ineffective strategy. It says that you don’t want to learn about your community person’s behavior and you’re just ready to judge the person by the color of the skin. It cannot be disputed that the perception of racial profiling by police department still exist within minority communities and societies at large. This is a recurrent topic of debate and divisive issue in many communities. This was clearly seen and addressed when I saw the problem first hand when I worked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Questions: Some questions to be asked are: 1. Should police do more to control excessive force? 2. Should...
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...against racial profiling and they blame the justice system for the higher number of minority inmates. I believe that it’s because of the drug-war and poverty and not as much the justice system racial profiling. There is no way to answer this question without looking farther into what racial profiling is, and what affects it has on people. From my understanding, when most people hear the words racial profiling they automatically think of black Americans being harassed by the police or other law enforcement officials. Racial profiling does not just consist of law enforcement officers arresting or detaining minorities because of their color or ethnicity. It also consists of people harassing other people differently because of their name, appearance, beliefs, and any personal trait they have. Merrian-Webster defines profiling, as the act or process of extrapolating information about a person based on known traits or tendencies. (Profiling, 2013) In my opinion, most people do some sort of racial profiling on a daily basis. It may be something as simple as locking your door when you drive through a bad part of town. This does not make you a bad person because statistics may prove that where you are driving does typically have a higher crime rate, but does it make it right? Quoting statistics at this time is not going to open any eyes or prove any points. At this time, I would just like to discuss the different points of view on profiling in general, where racial profiling...
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...potential study participants, research questions, and the viability of the topic. Problem and Purpose Statement Right now the country is faced with a serious issue and that issue is racial profiling. Events in Feguerson, Missouri, Cleveland, and New York have put civil rights and racial profiling into the spotlight. It is an issue that is not going away anytime soon and needs to be study. By studying arresting data and speaking with interviewing and polling individual in the community and law enforcement will we be able to understand racial profiling and its entirety. This could be done with something like a gallop poll or telephone surveys where people are selected at random across the nation. The problem is how law enforcement is using racial profiling in the field when it comes to making decisions. . Specifically, the problem is how minorities are stopped at a higher level than those of non-minorities. Over the years, African Americans, Hispanics, and since 9/11, people from the Middle East have been subjected to higher instances of investigative detentions, searches, traffic stops, etc. By definition, "racial profiling" occurs when a law enforcement officer questions, stops, searches, arrests, or investigates and individual because the officer holds a prejudicial notion that members of that person's racial or ethnic group have a greater likelihood than the rest of the population to commit the sort of crime the officer is investigating. (Barnes, Gross, 2010) Research Method The...
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...Everything Isn’t Racial Profiling By Linda Chavez Critical analysis Racial Profiling is a Good Bias "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.'… I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."(King, 1963, P.49) These were the words of the infamous Martin Luther King, a man whose goal in life was to strain to give this world racial equality and stop racial profiling and injustice. Linda Chavez, the author of the article ‘Everything Isn’t Racial Profiling’ argues that racial profiling is an ugly business and that it is just wrong and unjust, as she herself was subjected to it. Linda’s argument is that racial profiling is undeniably wrong, but the fact that security puts people under scrutiny is correct. I think the author’ argument is quite legitimate and convincing. Racial profiling is biased, but in some cases it is permissible, especially when it comes to airline safety. ‘Everything Isn’t Racial Profiling’ is an article that talks about how racial profiling is generally immoral, but in some certain times putting certain people under scrutiny is logical. Chavez clarifies that it is unpleasant to be a victim of racial profiling especially if you know it happens because of your nationality or the color of your skin...
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...In this paper, I will be focusing on the act of racial profiling, which has become quite common in the contemporary society. Racial profiling refers to the practice of using race as the main ground for suspecting individuals of having committed an offense. I will be sharing this article with the history professor in Sunderland University. Racial Profiling Component of Article The article that I will review and is related to this topic on racial profiling is named “Race and Justice: Wrongful Convictions of African American Men” is written by Feagin Joe. Precisely, this article mainly talks about how the African Americans tend to be wrongly convicted due to racial prejudice and discrimination (Feagin, 2013). In order to gather adequate...
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...of crime documentary, TV play series and Hollywood thriller, offender profiling has already become the most famous work of law enforcement in the world. Offender profiling is a frequently-used method in criminal psychology, but there are also some people who worry about the abusing of offender profiling by the police or crews(eg. Arrest someone only because he and the general criminal has one thing in common, or even just base on the color of the skin). This essay will focus on a series of queries and common questions about offender profiling. More information on this article will be presented in the introduction. Offender profiling(CP) has also been called criminal profiling, psychological profiling or crime scene...
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...Bernard, J. Thomas, Calnon, M. Jennifer, Engel, S. Robin. Theory and racial profiling: Shortcomings and future directions in research: Pages 250-273. 20 October 2015. The authors reviewed thirteen studies that collected data on police-citizen contact during traffic stops or interrogation. Each found racial disparities in the total rates of the stops. Criminal justice researches have focused on determining the relative influence of legal factors on decision making. Researchers found that the impact of racial prejudice on criminal justice agents’ has decreased in importance for at least thirty years. Prior to the 1970’s racial prejudice was appropriate and reasonable, but since then police departments have made managerial efforts to reduce prejudice...
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...Leonel Solis CRJ 1113-001 @01596890 Date: 2/24/2017 Describe racial profiling and racially biased policing. Explain why these phenomena have become significant issues in policing. What steps have been taken to eliminate racial bias among police? I. Describe racial profiling and racially biased policing. An African American man and his family are seen driving in the Dominion by police officers whom immediately pull them over to question their reasoning for being there. This is an example of racial biased policing that has become a problem in today’s world. Racial biased policing include racial profiling which is: “any action taken by police officers due to the color or ethnicity of a person instead of the behavior that the individual is performing or information that leads officers to an individual fitting the description of who is engaging or has engaged in a criminal activity” (Schmallenger 2016). This now know type of policing targets multiple people on account of race, gender, sexuality, age and etc. II. Explain why these phenomena have become significant issues in policing....
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