Over the years, Racial Profiling has become an issue, so prominent in our society that we can naturally never escape it. Racial profiling has been a term used very extensively that the real definition seems to not embody the actual word anymore. The term Racial Profiling means a discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin. It has been well known that this term is used mostly by the police authorities to purposely target those who just look suspicious rather than if they actually committed a crime or not. This leads to many false accusations towards not just one particular individual, but between an entire racial group
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In fact, one of the most prominent controversies that have been lingering today in a society that is still remaining to have prejudice issues, specifically Racial Profiling, is the assumption that police and authority figures deliberately pull over and stop individuals while in their car if they are particularly African American or of another race. More so, affairs that surround this profile problem are that individuals believe that they are being targeted for stops because they are more suspected to be criminals than an average Caucasian individual. This being completely discriminating and violating the personal rights and individuals’ perspective of the authority figures, therefore, creates a boundary between the different races in this society. There has been extensive research conducted by many individuals, including Georgia Southern’s Amy Hackney, who tested a set of Caucasian and African American students, and it has shown that police have particularly pulled over more African American individuals than any other race in this country. According to Sunil Dutta, such …show more content…
Before 9/11 occurred, it was not to the point where TSA workers were careless while doing their job, yet there was no where near the amount of security and strict procedures there is today. Since this major event changed the travel industry so dramatically, it struck fear into the minds of travelers. Consequently, since the evil minds behind this operation were middle-eastern and foreign, Racial Profiling evolved as the hot topic for most people when they would travel through airports. Due to this being such a common habit by insecure passengers, many studies and reports were released involving this issue. In a report revolving around airport security, a conservative columnist named Charles Krauthammer stated that Racial Profiling is, “narrow, concrete, uniquely definable and universally known” (Fullwood III). Krauthammer is trying to express how the process of racial profiling is an easy thing to do for these men and women of different races due to the fact that they easily stand out based on looks and appearance. However, the fact that most security staff narrow down the possible suspects by their clothes and appearance really cannot be a valid technique. In Sam Fullwoods’ article, he completely admits by claiming at one point racial and prejudice topics such as ethnic, religious, skin-tone, and clothing test profile would not work in the
In fact, one of the most prominent controversies that have been lingering today in a society that is still remaining to have prejudice issues, specifically Racial Profiling, is the assumption that police and authority figures deliberately pull over and stop individuals while in their car if they are particularly African American or of another race. More so, affairs that surround this profile problem are that individuals believe that they are being targeted for stops because they are more suspected to be criminals than an average Caucasian individual. This being completely discriminating and violating the personal rights and individuals’ perspective of the authority figures, therefore, creates a boundary between the different races in this society. There has been extensive research conducted by many individuals, including Georgia Southern’s Amy Hackney, who tested a set of Caucasian and African American students, and it has shown that police have particularly pulled over more African American individuals than any other race in this country. According to Sunil Dutta, such …show more content…
Before 9/11 occurred, it was not to the point where TSA workers were careless while doing their job, yet there was no where near the amount of security and strict procedures there is today. Since this major event changed the travel industry so dramatically, it struck fear into the minds of travelers. Consequently, since the evil minds behind this operation were middle-eastern and foreign, Racial Profiling evolved as the hot topic for most people when they would travel through airports. Due to this being such a common habit by insecure passengers, many studies and reports were released involving this issue. In a report revolving around airport security, a conservative columnist named Charles Krauthammer stated that Racial Profiling is, “narrow, concrete, uniquely definable and universally known” (Fullwood III). Krauthammer is trying to express how the process of racial profiling is an easy thing to do for these men and women of different races due to the fact that they easily stand out based on looks and appearance. However, the fact that most security staff narrow down the possible suspects by their clothes and appearance really cannot be a valid technique. In Sam Fullwoods’ article, he completely admits by claiming at one point racial and prejudice topics such as ethnic, religious, skin-tone, and clothing test profile would not work in the