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
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