I found that the characteristics described in this unit were consistent with my experience or perception of African American culture. There does appear to be some legitimacy regarding the African American’s way of life and its’ tie to crime. It resembles the domino effect as it begins with the lack of education, which leads to decreased employment opportunities, which leads to raising a family, or being raised, in a low-income housing community. Add all the factors together and the end result is anger, resentment, survival and crime. What might start out as stealing a dollar or two in order to purchase a loaf of bread could turn into the thief becoming the deceased. We have all seen instances where African Americans committed robbery or theft
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Law enforcement officials are human and they often encounter situations where they fear for their life or the safety of others. Used in the right manner, and in the appropriate context, racial profiling can serve to be a valuable tool to an officer and the community he/she serves.
The majority of my perceptions about African Americans stem from personal experience as well as the media broadcasts, with the latter being the majority. I grew up in Chicago in the late 60’s and 70’s. During that time some segregation still existed within the school systems but for the most part rivalry was more so about ones turf per se, and not the color of their skin. It is the media that entices the practice of racial profiling and racism, not the …show more content…
My answer to this would pertain to opposite roles involving African American police officers or law enforcement agents and the White American offender or victim. The majority of the statistic reports and general information in this reading material is based on White American law officials and how they respond to, or react to, criminal acts committed by the African Americans and the racism involved in these acts. There is very little information if any, that I can recall, of reports where African American law officials discriminated against criminal activity that involved the White American. I know it exist. I also know that in today’s society the White American has typically become the minority. In a July 2016 article published by the Washington Post it states that during a recent polling where African American and White Americans participated, “when asked about the present-day United States, a striking difference emerged. Our average white respondent believed that at the time of our survey in 2011, anti-white bias was an even bigger problem than anti-black bias. We asked 417 black and white respondents to assess how big a problem anti-black bias was in America in each decade from the 1950s to the present. We then asked them the same questions about anti-white bias the extent to which they felt that racism against whites has changed since the 1950s” (Sommers & Norton,
Law enforcement officials are human and they often encounter situations where they fear for their life or the safety of others. Used in the right manner, and in the appropriate context, racial profiling can serve to be a valuable tool to an officer and the community he/she serves.
The majority of my perceptions about African Americans stem from personal experience as well as the media broadcasts, with the latter being the majority. I grew up in Chicago in the late 60’s and 70’s. During that time some segregation still existed within the school systems but for the most part rivalry was more so about ones turf per se, and not the color of their skin. It is the media that entices the practice of racial profiling and racism, not the …show more content…
My answer to this would pertain to opposite roles involving African American police officers or law enforcement agents and the White American offender or victim. The majority of the statistic reports and general information in this reading material is based on White American law officials and how they respond to, or react to, criminal acts committed by the African Americans and the racism involved in these acts. There is very little information if any, that I can recall, of reports where African American law officials discriminated against criminal activity that involved the White American. I know it exist. I also know that in today’s society the White American has typically become the minority. In a July 2016 article published by the Washington Post it states that during a recent polling where African American and White Americans participated, “when asked about the present-day United States, a striking difference emerged. Our average white respondent believed that at the time of our survey in 2011, anti-white bias was an even bigger problem than anti-black bias. We asked 417 black and white respondents to assess how big a problem anti-black bias was in America in each decade from the 1950s to the present. We then asked them the same questions about anti-white bias the extent to which they felt that racism against whites has changed since the 1950s” (Sommers & Norton,