The Pros And Cons Of Racial Profiling

Racial Profiling has been around for years and years, but lately it has been a big craze. Many minorities believe that they are being looked at different because of the color of their skin or their race. In this new world social media has taken over and it has been a big cause of the uproar doing with Racial Profiling. Things like Facebook,Twitter, and Instagram have been tools used to help expose the injustices of Racial Profiling. People of color fear for their lives every time with they are stopped by the police because they have seen all of the injustices that have been happening around them according to the American Civil Liberties Union,”Racial profiling is a longstanding and deeply troubling national problem despite claims that the United

Social media is a big contributor to bringing racial profiling out of the shadows and into the light as there have been many famous videos that hit the web and helped spread the fear that racial profiling has brought back into this society. People turn to social media as an outlet to share their stories and a way to share their message with the world. The TV Shows to the movies that come out in the big screen, Racial profiling has embedded itself into social media in a very big way. Also making its way into the music culture as many rappers share their stories of struggles and encounters with racism and racial profiling all throughout their lives.One of the most famous songs that deal with Racial profiling and police brutality is “Fuck the Police” By NWA which was released in 1988 which caused major controversy as each member of the group takes turn in rapping back to back verses on how police brutality and racial profiling by the police will not be tolerated and that they are sick and tired of having to deal with these injustices just because of their skin color. Through

Racial Profiling happens everyday and at all times, but yet the news only covers the biggest cases when it comes to the subject. The news does not care about what happens to these people that are affected by racial profiling, An evil so big as this should be covered and be brought out to the light as fast as possible so it can come to resolution, According to “Racial and the media” by Yixuan James it states, “They are not interested in changing racial profiling but rather capitalizing on it.” Ignoring the everyday cases that happen all through the world just to focus on the big cases, Using this serious issue to only spread the negative parts that happen such as riots, and the violence behind it and not ever showing the other side to the argument. The people that have went through struggle to get their message heard because the world is a big place and just one story is sometimes not enough to impact the way our society thinks. The news is only using this evil to capitalize on benefits that will only help them in the long run. This focused coverage negatively affects the message that the people who are fearing for their lives are trying to get a across and it's a form of greed as these news media outlets only use these big stories as a cash