Racial Profiling Synthesis Essay

The topic of racial profiling has always provided a troublesome feeling to its audience; however to a portion of that audience it provides a feeling of security. In America, the lack of rights to certain minorities seemed to be overshadowed by the safety of the majority. Racial profiling is becoming more and more common in today’s society, but it’s has started to take advantage of anyone who isn’t Caucasian. Within the last decade the use of racial profiling in airports, traffic stops, etc. has boosted through the roof. Even if racial profiling increases the security of the average American, it should not be tolerated at the levels it has acclimated to within the past ten years. Numerous accounts of racial profiling have been reported across the nation ever since the tragedy …show more content…
Author Burt Prelutsky feels that racial profiling is something that everyone does; it is “blatant hypocrisy”. (Source E) Most people for sympathy for immigrants (mainly because it’s hard for them to find work), however he feels immigrants shouldn’t crave sympathy by making it seem like the only jobs available to them are the ones picking lettuce in the hot sun. There are multiple minimum wage jobs that are available to immigrants. The subtext of his passage indicated that we, Americans, are supposed to hate Mexicans (or immigrants) because it’s embedded in us to fear them. Mexicans have always been marked as illegal and dirty. Muslims have been deemed terrorists. “Everybody's profiling now anyway.” (Source C) It’s something that people have become so accustomed to nowadays. An entire new generation was raised on hearing that Muslims blow up airports. Columnist Rachel Marsden emphasizes on how even those who claim they oppose racial profiling would still feel nervous sitting next to a group of Muslims on a flight. This is the reality when it comes to how Americans see