According to my research, carding should be banned in Toronto. Carding targets black men which documents identification, catalogues race, height, weight and eye color – therefore racial profiling is prominent in Toronto.
According to the article “The Skin I’m In” by Desmond Cole it had stated that Toronto is becoming a post-racial city, where a multicultural era is in effect and the color of your skin has no influence on your prospects. Despite talk of multi-culturalism, black men are still targeted by the police. Desmond Cole, was a victim of numerous carding incidents due to the color of his skin. While Desmond was studying at Queens University - a predominantly white school, he was consistently followed by the police when he was driving, and was approached as a threat when walking his white friend home. One day, Desmond did not have his identification when he was approached by the police. The police offer was shocked, and had basically told him to always carry identification to prove he was not a criminal, and Desmond knew that under no legal obligation that you had to do so. As I had read the article, by Desmond Cole I was shocked that the mere presence of a certain race could cause an armed stranger to feel threatened.
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Carding involved racial profiling and exclusion was prominent in the black community. Today in society, areas where black people live are heavily policed in the name of crime prevention, therefore harsh judgements were made by not only the police but of other races. The evidence in the article “The Skin I’m In” by Desmond Cole proves that, carding influences our criminal justice system because 9.3 percent of Canadian prisoners were black compared to 2.9 percent of the population at large. Many black men were pleading guilty to avoid a criminal record. In 2009-2013, 15 percent of black inmates were assigned to maximum security, compared to 10 percent