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The Pros And Cons Of Racial Profiling

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What if you were racially profiled against because of your ethnic background, something that is beyond your control? Racial profiling, according to civil rights.org, refers to the targeting of particular individuals by law enforcement authorities based not on their behavior, but rather their personal characteristics. Many minorities are unnecessarily stopped thus showing the lack of education in law enforcement. The fact that minorities are also constantly stereotyped against in media doesn't help.
In 2002, police made under 100,000 stops in New York and in 2011, police made around 700,000 stops. 87% of the people who were stopped in 2011, were African-American or Latino. NYC officials say that the reason they stop and frisk so often, is because it reduces crime; but in 2002 there were 587 homicides. In 2011, there were 532 homicides, proving that there is no real depletion. The New York Times has even stated that crimes have decreased in cities that don’t use stop and frisk methods. Even though some law …show more content…

Many movies and TV shows depict Latinos as drug dealers, illegal immigrants, and maids. According to huffingtonpost.com and nytimes.com, Latina actress Lupe Ontiveros felt that she played a maid in films 150 times and that some directors only wanted her if she didn't speak perfect english or if she put an accent on. In movies and TV shows starring African-Americans, they are often shown as thugs/ gangsters and violent and many African-American women are very often depicted as loud, rude, and bitter. Even many Disney movies are culprits of racial stereotypes such as Aladdin showing negative connotations of Arabs being villains and thieves and Pocahontas showing Native Americans being extremely violent. These stereotypes can lead people to believe that minorities are violent and untrustworthy. They are also not only non applicable to every person, but very offensive as

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Racial profiling can raise racial tensions in areas where racial profiling is most prevalent by law enforcement. Animosities tend to run high which results in those most likely to be profiled against won’t cooperate with law enforcement when necessary even if they have not committed any

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Of course, many will disagree on the grounds that police do not target minorities and they just happen to live in high crime areas. According to Racial Profiling: Is racial profiling a necessary police practice? " Some proponents of racial profiling argue that minority populations have a responsibility to be accountable for their own actions rather than blaming law enforcement officials for merely doing their jobs." Supporters of racial profiling argue that these minorities who live in high crime areas are just looking for someone to blame instead of being aware of their own actions. Although I grant that not all law enforcement are to blame for racial profiling, I still maintain that those police officers who still choose to use racial profiling

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In a certain study, relationship was conducted between public opinion on racial profiling in conjunction with their viewpoint of race relation and their perceived awareness of safety. The study shown that race relations came with a statistical correlation with the legitimacy of racial profiling and the results were even insightful by revealing that racial profiling was widespread and racial tension was difficult to fix as opposed to racial profiling than those who did not believe racial profiling was as widespread or that racial tensions would eventually be fixed. In Canada there has also been increased accusation of racial profiling of visible minorities who persistently accuse the law enforcement officers of targeting them because of their ethnic background. According to a 2005 Kingston survey, a city where most inhabitants are white, it was indicated that blacks were

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Researchers have proved that a very high racial profiling exists in the police arrests and searches of people in the country. (Restoring a National Consensus: The Need to End Racial Profiling in America, 2011) Police officers disproportionately target minorities and they are charged, convicted, and incarcerated based on suspicion. In addition to this, the police searches that are done along the highway have been proven to be based solely on the color of the drivers.

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Often there is a stigma related to some races, for example that African Americans are more likely to commit a crime or that Arabian people are terrorist. Racial profiling was intended to be used to lower crime rates and save more lives, but only targeting these certain races has not been very effective. Instead it causes more problems to arise it has caused some to not trust the police, and more of a divide to happen. In New York there was a stop and frisk policy. They would stop minorities without probable cause, only because they looked suspicious, but had they been of another color they wouldn’t have bothered to stop them (Goldstein, 2013).

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Abstract Police in the United States have been using racial profiling for a very long time. The first court case to allow racial profiling was the Supreme Court case of United States v. Martinez-Fuerte. This case allowed police to use race as part of a criterion to stop someone. Another Supreme Court case upheld the use of pretext stops which has been argued to allow police to use race as a reason for the stops. Racial profiling has been a hotly debated topic in the united states.

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300359810 Mrs. Fahey ERWC 12-Period 2 14 September 2015 Racial Profiling Racial discrimination is becoming a major problem in today 's society. Our nation is facing problems based on the discrimination on race, ethnicity, religion or national origin. Racial profiling is a clear violation of the civil rights of the United States.

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Racial profiling can cause feelings of humiliation and worthlessness and lead to self-esteem problems. (Racial Profiling) Something that may not seem as a big deal to some may be it for others. Nobody deserves to have to be humiliated by something they couldn 't

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If police officers focus more on suspicious behavior rather than focusing on race that will lead to more arrests, plus it will include a valid reason for the arrest. Since some reasons are unbelievably foolish like stopping someone “for wearing clothes commonly used in a crime” (Herbert). These actions of profiling by police may lead to unnecessary violet cases, many include deaths and major injuries. A well known case about Michael Brown was certainly based off of racism and lead to death of an unarmed African American.

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Racial profiling is not justified , many cops should not have to shoot , run after , or even arrest someone due to race. This resolves to the term "Racism" and many people are still racist which lead cops and even citizens to act upon someone a different race than they are. The cost and benefits of racial profiling in not really beneficial but the cost is many innocent lives taken away from a trigger and a man with a badge. So whats there to do ? How can we stop this ?

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Racial Profiling is when a certain ethnicity is categorized into police and society. This is important because people are prone to judge and label a person for their race. “Since the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, security profiling has targeted people of Arab descent or those who are believed to be Muslims. ”(Racial Profiling). Recently racial profiling has been an issue in the media and local facilities.

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Law enforcement do not recognize the minorities they victimize in a way that one should be acknowledged. They view them as troublemakers or nuisances that should be in prison because they are always up to no good. Taylor states, “Within these perspectives, misrecognition shows not just a lack of due respect. It can inflict a grievous wound, saddling its victims with a crippling self-hatred” (Taylor). The perspective that people who practice racial profiling view minorities results in negative effects.

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According to the National Institute of Justice, there is evidence to support the idea that people of color are more likely to get pulled over in a traffic stop than Caucasians. Within the last decade racial profiling has become a very controversial issue. Many incidents involving police shooting people of color has caused individuals to take a stand against racial profiling. There is increasing evidence that law enforcement officials use this practice. Some would argue that it is okay for police to use this tactic as long as it keeps dangerous criminals off the streets.

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Racial profiling has become a national issue starting in 2015 (“Racial”). Judging someone for their race has been a problem ever since a minority group has been noticed. Racial profiling has spread over all over the world. Racial profiling has been a problem through the years, if the human race can learn what racial profiling is, advantages of the profiling, and the disadvantages.

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Racial profiling is a very important issue that individuals in society face every day. This problem occurs in low income or poverty-stricken areas throughout cities and communities across the nation. Hundreds of anecdotal testimonials allege that law enforcement officials at all levels of government are infringing upon the constitutional rights and civil liberties of racial and ethnic minorities through a practice called “racial profiling” (Ward, 2002). So what is racial profiling? According to the National Institute of Justice, racial profiling by law enforcement is commonly defined as a practice that targets people for suspicion of crime based on their race, ethnicity, religion or national origin (National Institute of Justice, 2013).

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