- Approximately 32 million people have already been victims of racial profiling in America including all races
- Many people think racial profiling can help stop "The War On Drugs"
- Police stoping and searching cars is the number one way that can lead to racial profiling
- Hispanics and African Americans are the most being victimized
- Not only adults but Young Teenagers are victims of this
- Racial Profiling Makes officers get confuse and think wrong about terrorist attacks for example, The oklahoma city bombing. The victims were actually 2 white males when police thought it was "Araban Terrorist"
- Raced Based policies does not make our community any safer. Things eventually get more challenging
- Racial Profiling makes countrys around look bad in ways of thinking that we do not like people of different races
- According to human rights organizations racial profiling has actually increased ever since the attack on September 11
- After September 11 president Bush wanted racial profiling to stop however, he made immigration and law enforcements policies tougher by coming up with the "National Security Entry/Exit Registration System" which requires male visitors in the US over the age 16 to resubmit applications.
- Racial Profiling can create xenophobia or hate crime against minorities
Key Terms For Racial Profiling
- Controversial - causing argument, provoking strong dissagreement or disapproval
- Ethnicity - relating to a person or a group of people
- Human Rights - The rights that are considered by most societies to belong automatically to everyone freedom, justice and equality
- Humiliation - the act of damaging somebody
- Implement - Law requirement, something needed in order to achieve something
- Lawsuit - a trial at court between two private parties
- Ludicrous - utterly ridiculous because of being absurd, incongorous, impractical or unsuitable
- Racism - belief that people of different have different qualities and abilities
- Self-Esteem - confidence in your own merit as an individual person
- Sexism - discrimination because you are male or female
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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