In today’s society, racial profiling has lead to law enforcement acting violently against African Americans in all areas of the United States. African Americans have been pulled over, questioned, searched, and even shot based on no reason other than the officer believing that “the suspect looked suspicious”. America would become a more respectable and civilized country if law enforcement would end the racial profiling of African Americans now rather than continuing practicing this racist gesture and causing America’s second Civil War.
America’s law enforcement has given itself a bad image by its repeated unjustified killings and racial profiling of African Americans. There have been a numerous amount of fatal shooting of African Americans in the past several years and the number only grows larger. The government has not punished the officers nor passed any new laws/bills to punish officers who use too much force or disobey their code of conduct. Media addresses the issue of racial profiling …show more content…
Racial profiling is where certain crimes are identified to a certain group of people defined by their race, which leads to individual members of a race being targeted. Racialization, a process by which societies construct races as real, different and unequal with impact and meaning in stereotypes that can be expressed in ways that matter to economic, political, and social life, has aided in the slow division of the country between White Americans and African Americans (Semple). Racial profiling does not necessarily mean being straightforwardly racist towards a certain race (MacAlister). Racial profiling can occur from “subconscious racial stereotyping” due from fear or past experiences. Since the first use of the “subconscious racial stereotyping” excuse in the Michael Brown shooting case, now courts are very reluctant to accepting this and ending the case at that
America’s law enforcement has given itself a bad image by its repeated unjustified killings and racial profiling of African Americans. There have been a numerous amount of fatal shooting of African Americans in the past several years and the number only grows larger. The government has not punished the officers nor passed any new laws/bills to punish officers who use too much force or disobey their code of conduct. Media addresses the issue of racial profiling …show more content…
Racial profiling is where certain crimes are identified to a certain group of people defined by their race, which leads to individual members of a race being targeted. Racialization, a process by which societies construct races as real, different and unequal with impact and meaning in stereotypes that can be expressed in ways that matter to economic, political, and social life, has aided in the slow division of the country between White Americans and African Americans (Semple). Racial profiling does not necessarily mean being straightforwardly racist towards a certain race (MacAlister). Racial profiling can occur from “subconscious racial stereotyping” due from fear or past experiences. Since the first use of the “subconscious racial stereotyping” excuse in the Michael Brown shooting case, now courts are very reluctant to accepting this and ending the case at that