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Racial Profiling
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Racial Profiling 1. Racial Profiling is Wrong Although some people try to justify racial profiling it is still showing prejudges towards a certain nationality, nevertheless, racial profiling shows bad professionalisms. Furthermore it should not be allowed in the courtrooms and out on the streets for polices to use for tactics to target certain people. Racial profiling violates the people rights to live free. After all this is America. People are supposed to be able to live free no matter what color, sex or creed and if racial profiling is accepted then what does this say about America? Racial profiling is a social problem that seriously needs to be looked into by our government and lawmakers. This problem creates riots and makes some citizens feel like America is not home to them. For decades people being fighting to be judge by what they can do and not by the color of their skin. Obliviously everyone is affected by racial profiling. If you are going to assume because I am white so you do not half to search my car for drugs then just maybe a drug dealer got away. If you are going to assume that because I am black or Mexican it is possible that I have drugs on me then you have violated my rights. Kennedy (1999), “ the courts have not been sufficiently mindful of this risk. In rejecting a 1976 constitutional Challenge that accused U.S. Boarder Patrol officers in California of selecting cars for inspection partly on the basis of drivers, apparent Mexican ancestry, the Supreme Court noted in part that of the motorists passing the checkpoint, fewer than 1 percent were stopped, however, the court did not indicate the ancestral makeup of all the persons the Boarder Patrol stopped. It is likely that many of the innocent people who 2. Racial Profiling Were questioned were of apparent Mexican ancestry who then has to prove their obedience to the law just because others of the same ethnic background have broken laws in the past” (p. 487). I know that the law states that you are innocent until proven guilty but is it a crime not to be white? You should not half to prove that you have not done anything because of a certain color or nationality. It should be against the law for anyone to be able to racial profiling someone. The evidence should not hold up in court. There is more than just a thin line. How far are our lawmakers are going to go with racial profiling. Race should only be use in given a description. Race should never be use to determine weather I’m going to committee a crime or possibly breaking the law. Kennedy (1999) brings up a good point, “ I’m not saying that police should never be able to use race as a guideline. If a young white man with blue hair robs me, the police should certainly be able to use a description of the perpetrator’s race. In this situation, though, whiteness is a trait linked to a particular person with respect to a particular incident. It is not a free- floating accusation that hovers over young white men practically at all the time-which is the predicament young black men currently face” (p. 488). It is not fair that some people half to go through life feeling like that they are though of as criminals because the color they are. Racial profiling is racist and should be thought of it that way. Given a description and pinpointing someone because of their race are two different things. Racial profiling is always racist there are no exception. Racial Profiling 3. People need to look at the source that causes racial profiling. It is more to it then meet the eye. It is a clear fact that not all people act the same. All white people do not act the same. Like not all black people act the same. Nurse 2003, “People fear what they don't understand. Many people, through education, are gaining a better understanding of those of other races. But until society decides that the color of your skin doesn't determine your values or upbringing, then racial profiling will continue” (p.2 3 5). It will behoove society to educate itself of this problem of racial profiling. This is the only way things can get better and eventually racial profiling will disappear in our society. Racial Profiling is clearly un-fair. Its said more than I’m racist. If polices are allowed to target people because where they live, what they drive and how they dress then this clearly states that only a certain amount of people obey the law and if you are not this color, live in this neighborhood and can afford to drive this car then you are not a law biding citizen. Reilly (2002) gives a couple of example of this statement I just made. “ If you're a black pro athlete who owns a sweet ride and lives in a ritzy neighborhood in this country, chances are good you've been busted for DWB. Driving while black” It happens to me all the time, especially in Tampa," says Atlanta Braves outfielder Gary Sheffield, who grew up in Tampa. "I go home to see old friends, and I get stopped. Or if I'm driving slow, looking at my old neighborhood, I get stopped. It never happens in my truck, just in my nice cars.” Denver Broncos defensive tackle Trevor Pryce says an officer followed him home once, pulled him over and said, "I don't think this is your car." And Pryce replied, "Why, because I'm black and driving a Corvette?" Pryce has been pulled over for DWB so many times he has a new strategy. "I pull up right next to cops," he says, "roll down my windows and play my music as loud as I can. Nobody would do that driving a stolen car, right?" Racial Profiling 4. "It's happened to me eight or nine times," says Miami Heat guard Jim Jackson. "I asked one cop in Dallas why he pulled me over, and he goes, 'Oh, we're just doing random checks.' Right. Random checks of black men in nice cars.” When comedian Chris Rock was pulled over on a DWB, he jokes, "It scared me so bad, I thought I had stolen my car”(p.
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