Racial Profiling In Schools

Living in the United States, we often see the flash of blue lights and hear the whir of sirens. We loudly proclaim that that person must have done something unlawful to warrant a stop by the police. We never think that the police may be wrong. They may have arrested someone for the wrong reasons or for no reason at all. When students come to school, they expect an education. They never expect to be harassed or shamed. If a student brings an experiment to school to show off to a teacher, they expect the teacher to be excited and impressed, especially if they make a fully functional clock of out minimal materials. The student would not expect the teacher to turn on them. They would not expect the teacher to accuse them of something that simply is not true, and then take them to be placed in handcuffs and taken to the police station. It seems like an impossible scenario, but it happened to Ahmed Mohamed. Irving High School administrators …show more content…
Be that as it may, statistics prove that this likely is not true. A recent study released this year by the University of South Carolina and Michigan State University that found white students who admitted to committing 40 crimes within the last year were about as likely to be imprisoned as black and Hispanic students who admitted to committing just five crimes. To further reinforce this, according to an article by The Washington Post, “Mohamed hasn't yet been charged with a crime, but research suggests that relatively well-behaved students of color are more likely to be arrested and imprisoned than white students who make trouble frequently. Advocates of juvenile-justice reform say Mohamed's case is typical, and that school authorities often assume the worst of students who belong to racial and ethnic minorities.” This is yet another example of a wrongful accusation simply because a person is not