As you walk through airport security you see lots of people putting their belongings into bins and walking through sensors, but you what you might not notice is that people of color are looked at more carefully by security guards. Their belongings are scoped out completely, this is just one example of racial profiling. Racial profiling happens everywhere by everyone. Racial profiling should be illegal because it lowers self-esteem of people of color, doesn’t always target the right people, and goes along with the stereotype people are trying to end.
In the article “Racial Profiling in Preschool” by The Editorial Board of The New York Times states that when teachers were told to watch a white boy and girl along with a African American boy and girl. 42% of teachers watched the African American boy, 34% watched the white boy, 13% of eyes were on the white girl and 10% on the African American girl (2016). This provides an example of racial profiling happening to even young children in a place of education. These preschoolers who never even acted out or did anything wrong were being suspected just because of their skin …show more content…
This refers to the fact that people of color are more likely to be pulled over than white people. Police officers are known to be more racist than the average person. ¨In the city of Chicago, Illinois data shows that Blacks/African-Americans and people of ethnic groups were searched 4 times more often than Whites/Caucasians, but contraband was found in the possession of white drivers twice as often (USA Today, 2017) This shows that racial profiling sometimes targets the wrong group of people, the people of color were being suspected but whites were actually the ones doing wrong. This is one way where racial profiling could actually encourage illegal behavior for people not of color because while officials are chasing after African Americans they have a better chance of getting away with their
In the article “Racial Profiling in Preschool” by The Editorial Board of The New York Times states that when teachers were told to watch a white boy and girl along with a African American boy and girl. 42% of teachers watched the African American boy, 34% watched the white boy, 13% of eyes were on the white girl and 10% on the African American girl (2016). This provides an example of racial profiling happening to even young children in a place of education. These preschoolers who never even acted out or did anything wrong were being suspected just because of their skin …show more content…
This refers to the fact that people of color are more likely to be pulled over than white people. Police officers are known to be more racist than the average person. ¨In the city of Chicago, Illinois data shows that Blacks/African-Americans and people of ethnic groups were searched 4 times more often than Whites/Caucasians, but contraband was found in the possession of white drivers twice as often (USA Today, 2017) This shows that racial profiling sometimes targets the wrong group of people, the people of color were being suspected but whites were actually the ones doing wrong. This is one way where racial profiling could actually encourage illegal behavior for people not of color because while officials are chasing after African Americans they have a better chance of getting away with their