“I pledge of allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, invisible, with liberty and justice for all.” A pledge that could most likely be remembered by each citizen of the United States, whether it be a child or an adult. A pledge that is meant to instill a sense of patriotism amongst the people. A pledge that has been and is still currently taught in schools in the United States of America. A pledge that hasn’t been truly met up to standard. That pledge, is the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America. The citizens of the United States are taught that they are granted with “justice for all”, but is that really true? Is there really justice for ALL? Inside …show more content…
In deeper context, racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Most commonly, when someone is being racially profiled it is due blatantly to their appearance. On several occasions there have been reports of racial profiling specifically upon African American men. It is an illegal act that does not get enough attention. It is generally swept under the rug. Authors Barlow and Barlow stated, “In fact, many government officials dismiss the testimony of Black and Brown Americans who claim that race has been used by police to determine their potential criminality” (“Racial Profiling: A Survey of African American Police Officers”). Racial profiling matters because every citizen of the U.S were told that they have equal rights. Equal meaning everyone gets treated the same regardless of the color of their skin. Yet, there have been lives ruined all because of racial profiling by police officers. Innocent people have been thrown in jail for the rest of their lives because of how someone else viewed them. How is that justice? Justice would be the absence of racial profiling. Justice would be a person of any race being able to appear how they wanted without unlawfully being accused of committing a