Should Racial Profiling Be Beneficial In Society?

Corporations and police departments are not the only place one can find racial discrimination, as it has become a key factor in the recent presidential campaign. Donald Trump tops the list of offenders, he has publically denounced both Muslims and Mexicans. Trump seems to assume that every person of Mexican descent, has moved to this country illegally. To make such a broad assumption would have to mean that all immigrants, for hundreds of years, have been undocumented. This is both an absurd assertion as well as discriminatory. Trump also seems to think that all people of the Muslim faith have intentions of carrying out terror acts. He wants to have all Muslims removed, as they pose no eminent threat, and have been peacefully living in this country for centuries (Walker, 2015). It is no secret that he is currently leading the polls in contention for the presidency. This fact surely says something about the state of the union. As he is targeting the ultra conservatives, who are sick of the current democrat thinking following the Obama administration. These people certainly are not reading into what he is saying, his proposed ideas and policies are not realistic, however, they most definitely appeal to their emotions. Having someone in the white house who are …show more content…
This alone, should prove why profiling cannot be beneficial in society. Hitler was perhaps the most vile and destructive person to walk the Earth, yet his legacy does not follow those who share ethnicity with him. White people kill just as many, or more than any ethnic group, why do they seem to get amnesty granted to them, while those of a minority get scrutinized. Something needs to change, if everyone was to be treated with the same respect, there would be no profiling. Having each person looked at for who they are now, not what their ancestors were, the world would be able to function more