Did I really deserve to die because of the color of my skin? A current topic of debate in the media today is Racial Profiling. It originally came about many years ago and it has recently re-surfaced. Many of our African-American males have been killed in the eyes of police custody, and their families have been left to bury their loved one. Unfortunately for these families, neither officer that has shot and killed one of these males have been indicted. So is this really considered right? Is Police Culture Racism? Well, every police officer is different and some just may be against racial profiling, but because the police culture has not taken a stand to encourage repercussions for their officers or the police culture as a whole cannot create
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Racial profiling goes as far back as the 1980s. It originally manifested after African Americans were being pulled over “driving while black” began to become a national topic. However, it is not directly underlying racism, rather it has been behavior conducted by police culture. Profiling came about from “attentiveness to particular signals and unusual fits’’ (Crank). Profiling is mainly centered on the context of police work. Such actions have enabled police to perceive profiling as acceptable and a normal routine for their everyday work. However, even though racial profiling still exists, many police will deny that they are racially motivated by it. But when our African American men are dying in the hands of policemen, at some point, a gunshot was fired under the circumstances of “shoot first and ask questions.” In essence, shoot this African American male, without fearing of being asked questions later as to why you did it. Satzewich and Shaffir created a conception of “deflection rhetoric,” defined as how “the police attend to the charges against them of being …show more content…
This shows that the police have completely denied the use of racial profiling and used their commitment to society as a way to justify their recent actions. The second element was “the discourse of multiculturalism” which is ‘‘the claim that the police could not possibly engage in racial profiling because their recruitment mechanisms are better than they were in the past” (Crank). I believe this is definitely false because many are in denial that racism still exists today. Yes, it has improved from what it originally was but it is still very evident in society today. I am pretty sure that the recruitment mechanisms do not include a lie detector test that asks whether a person will racially profile or not. Lastly, Satewich and Shaffir created the element “the discourse of blaming the victim” which is ‘‘if there is a problem, the problem lies elsewhere, particularly in the individuals and organizations who claim that racial profiling is a problem’’ (Crank). This claim is not a suitable excuse at all. In most of
Racial profiling goes as far back as the 1980s. It originally manifested after African Americans were being pulled over “driving while black” began to become a national topic. However, it is not directly underlying racism, rather it has been behavior conducted by police culture. Profiling came about from “attentiveness to particular signals and unusual fits’’ (Crank). Profiling is mainly centered on the context of police work. Such actions have enabled police to perceive profiling as acceptable and a normal routine for their everyday work. However, even though racial profiling still exists, many police will deny that they are racially motivated by it. But when our African American men are dying in the hands of policemen, at some point, a gunshot was fired under the circumstances of “shoot first and ask questions.” In essence, shoot this African American male, without fearing of being asked questions later as to why you did it. Satzewich and Shaffir created a conception of “deflection rhetoric,” defined as how “the police attend to the charges against them of being …show more content…
This shows that the police have completely denied the use of racial profiling and used their commitment to society as a way to justify their recent actions. The second element was “the discourse of multiculturalism” which is ‘‘the claim that the police could not possibly engage in racial profiling because their recruitment mechanisms are better than they were in the past” (Crank). I believe this is definitely false because many are in denial that racism still exists today. Yes, it has improved from what it originally was but it is still very evident in society today. I am pretty sure that the recruitment mechanisms do not include a lie detector test that asks whether a person will racially profile or not. Lastly, Satewich and Shaffir created the element “the discourse of blaming the victim” which is ‘‘if there is a problem, the problem lies elsewhere, particularly in the individuals and organizations who claim that racial profiling is a problem’’ (Crank). This claim is not a suitable excuse at all. In most of