Black and Latino people are four times more likely to pulled over and interrogated by police, and ten times more likely to be frisked than white people, based on a study done in New York City (11 Facts about Racial Discrimination). Racial profiling is a current and important issue facing minorities that affects their employment, is an illegal and unjust violating civil liberties, is a practice still used by the police.
Racial profiling is important because it affects employment and creates wage gaps. Minorities were not given jobs, or were given lower paying jobs, or were paid less than their white counterparts, or were harassed because of race. “African-Americans and other minorities were denied jobs because of race, segregated into lower …show more content…
Additionally, it is not just for white people to get paid more than minorities for the same job who perform the same quality of work. As of 2013, according to the U.S. Current Population Survey and the National Committee on Pay Equity, white men earn twenty five percent more money than black men, and thirty three percent more money than Hispanic men. This is a gross miscarriage of justice, and clearly documents wage inequality due to race. The color of one’s skin should not reflect the amount that one has the ability to earn, and certainly should not support another’s ability to make superior earnings because they are Caucasian. Despite the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, which prohibits discrimination in the workplace, this act is seldom enforced …show more content…
Racial profiling is against the Constitution’s equal protection of the law, and protection from irrational searches and seizures. “Racial profiling is illegal, violating the U.S. Constitution’s promise of equal protection under the law to all and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures” (Racial Profiling). This should be enforced more because not only is the Fourth Amendment law, and that the practice is illegal under this amendment, but that following this law would assist in reducing the myth that blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be engaging in criminal activity. The Fourth Amendment is very relevant today. “The bill AB 953 had passed 1 year ago, and, ‘aims to curb the harmful and unjust practice of racial and identity profiling, and increase transparency and accountability with law enforcement agencies’” (Bills to Curb Racial Bias). This bill supports transparency and accountability of law enforcement through better reporting of data tracked in police databases, which includes data on race. This is a good bill, but is only a bill, and should become a law and implement punishments for those in law enforcement who would not obey the law. Racial profiling also affects the job
Racial profiling is important because it affects employment and creates wage gaps. Minorities were not given jobs, or were given lower paying jobs, or were paid less than their white counterparts, or were harassed because of race. “African-Americans and other minorities were denied jobs because of race, segregated into lower …show more content…
Additionally, it is not just for white people to get paid more than minorities for the same job who perform the same quality of work. As of 2013, according to the U.S. Current Population Survey and the National Committee on Pay Equity, white men earn twenty five percent more money than black men, and thirty three percent more money than Hispanic men. This is a gross miscarriage of justice, and clearly documents wage inequality due to race. The color of one’s skin should not reflect the amount that one has the ability to earn, and certainly should not support another’s ability to make superior earnings because they are Caucasian. Despite the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, which prohibits discrimination in the workplace, this act is seldom enforced …show more content…
Racial profiling is against the Constitution’s equal protection of the law, and protection from irrational searches and seizures. “Racial profiling is illegal, violating the U.S. Constitution’s promise of equal protection under the law to all and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures” (Racial Profiling). This should be enforced more because not only is the Fourth Amendment law, and that the practice is illegal under this amendment, but that following this law would assist in reducing the myth that blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be engaging in criminal activity. The Fourth Amendment is very relevant today. “The bill AB 953 had passed 1 year ago, and, ‘aims to curb the harmful and unjust practice of racial and identity profiling, and increase transparency and accountability with law enforcement agencies’” (Bills to Curb Racial Bias). This bill supports transparency and accountability of law enforcement through better reporting of data tracked in police databases, which includes data on race. This is a good bill, but is only a bill, and should become a law and implement punishments for those in law enforcement who would not obey the law. Racial profiling also affects the job