Different Privileges for Different Skin Tones
Racial profiling is unacceptable. Police officers are taking advantage of their authority to racially profile people of color, by humiliating, harassing, and arresting them. It is not hard to perceive how people from different countries and skin colors are being racially profiled and accused of criminal acts. It is truly ironic how the "United" States of America is only united when it comes to certain ethnicities. Adnan R. Khan argues against racial profiling in his article, Close Encounters with US Immigration, describing this type of profiling as “singling out people as suspicious solely because of religious affiliation or physical characteristics such as skin color”(570). Citizens and immigrants …show more content…
Linda Chavez describes to us the difference between profiling and racial profiling in her article, Everything isn 't Racial Profiling, she argues that profiling does not have to be used in a negative way, "But there are times when it makes sense to include race or national origin in a larger criminal profile"(576). Chavez is suggesting that United States authorities are allowed to profile people as long as it fits the characteristics of the suspect. This means that police officers are not racially profiling by arresting suspicious looking Hispanics when the victim described the suspect as Hispanic. Many times when we see a Caucasian officer ask a black man to pull over, we immediately go to conclusions and think, "wow he is racist", but that might not always be the case. Stephanie M. Wildman and Adrienne D. Davis described Racism, in their article, Making Systems of Privilege Visible, as being "defined by whites in terms of specific, discriminatory racist actions by others"(92). Many Caucasian cops, or Caucasian people in general, have to always carefully watch what they talk or act around other races. Sadly, they are the only people who get hate for the small "racist" things they do or say. So in the same way, United States authorities know that they will be judged for pulling over a Hispanic or African American, but if it was for the right reason, they are going to do it to protect their community. There is no wrong in questioning a suspect or even arresting them when a good amount of evidence is provided. An LAPD officer named Sunil Dutta argues in his article, Criminal Profiling vs. racial Profiling, that he has been accused of racial profiling but defends himself as well as other police officers when he mentions, "They are using crime data to identify possible suspects. Ethnicity is just one of many criteria they consider"(Dutta). It is a necessity that Police officers
Racial profiling is unacceptable. Police officers are taking advantage of their authority to racially profile people of color, by humiliating, harassing, and arresting them. It is not hard to perceive how people from different countries and skin colors are being racially profiled and accused of criminal acts. It is truly ironic how the "United" States of America is only united when it comes to certain ethnicities. Adnan R. Khan argues against racial profiling in his article, Close Encounters with US Immigration, describing this type of profiling as “singling out people as suspicious solely because of religious affiliation or physical characteristics such as skin color”(570). Citizens and immigrants …show more content…
Linda Chavez describes to us the difference between profiling and racial profiling in her article, Everything isn 't Racial Profiling, she argues that profiling does not have to be used in a negative way, "But there are times when it makes sense to include race or national origin in a larger criminal profile"(576). Chavez is suggesting that United States authorities are allowed to profile people as long as it fits the characteristics of the suspect. This means that police officers are not racially profiling by arresting suspicious looking Hispanics when the victim described the suspect as Hispanic. Many times when we see a Caucasian officer ask a black man to pull over, we immediately go to conclusions and think, "wow he is racist", but that might not always be the case. Stephanie M. Wildman and Adrienne D. Davis described Racism, in their article, Making Systems of Privilege Visible, as being "defined by whites in terms of specific, discriminatory racist actions by others"(92). Many Caucasian cops, or Caucasian people in general, have to always carefully watch what they talk or act around other races. Sadly, they are the only people who get hate for the small "racist" things they do or say. So in the same way, United States authorities know that they will be judged for pulling over a Hispanic or African American, but if it was for the right reason, they are going to do it to protect their community. There is no wrong in questioning a suspect or even arresting them when a good amount of evidence is provided. An LAPD officer named Sunil Dutta argues in his article, Criminal Profiling vs. racial Profiling, that he has been accused of racial profiling but defends himself as well as other police officers when he mentions, "They are using crime data to identify possible suspects. Ethnicity is just one of many criteria they consider"(Dutta). It is a necessity that Police officers