Racial Discrimination In California

Arguably, law enforcement engaging in an intense narcotic crime crackdown in Caldwell, Idaho will encounter more Hispanic Americans than White Americans as the population of Hispanics is more than that of the White Americans. This would not be deemed a racist based crackdown, however, if the same police were relocated to Vermont, containing 96.2% of Anglo-Americans, targeting the Hispanic population may very well be considered Racist and unjust. A behavior that was justified in one state now brings forth a very important question. Were these police officers acting on a subconscious level or a conscious level? Where were the officers from, Caldwell Idaho, they are used to seeing a large majority of Hispanics being involved in the drug trade, so when relocated it would only make sense that these same police officers would pay closer attention to the Hispanic population. Police officers making such a move should do their research as well as the prospective employer as it is crucial that the new police officer fits in and can accommodate to the needs of the community by protecting their rights on an individualized

The history of Mexicans in Los Angeles is a long one. The city itself was founded in 1781, by Spaniards and mixed race Latinos. As time went on, Latinos faced more and more discrimination. Certain events stand out in California’s Latino history. In the forties, Caucasian sailors would beat up Latinos who wore “Zoot Suits”, or baggy clothes, and the police let the Caucasians do it with no consequences.

In New York City’s police department report in December 1999, the stop and frisk practices showed to be greatly based on race. In NYC, blacks make up 25.6% of the city’s population, Hispanics 23.7% and whites are 43.4% of NYC population. However, according to the report, 50.6% of all persons stopped were black, 33% were Hispanic, and only 12.9% were white. As you can see, more than half of the individuals who were stopped were black, 62.7% to be exact (ACLU, 2013). In Orange County, California Latinos, Asians and African Americans were more than 90% of the 20,221 men and women in the Gang Reporting Evaluation and Tracking System (ACLU, 2013). Clearly this database record shows racial profiling occurred when the total population in the database made up less than half of Orange County’s population. This is when the California Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the ACLU stepped in. One other instance of racial profiling I’d like to discuss occurred in Maricopa County, Arizona. A court ruled in May 2013 that “sheriff Joe Arpaio’s routine handling of people of Latino descent amounted to racial and ethnic profiling”; according to CNN, the sheriff’s office had a history of targeting vehicles with those having darker skin, examining them more strictly and taking them into custody more often than others (CNN, 2014). Judge Murray Snow ordered a monitor to oversee retraining in this

With blacks being stopped more than half of the time, and Latinos being stopped around 30 percent, its clear why these groups along with other minority groups feel they are being singled out and picked on; in fact, Mayor Bill de Blasio even made a public apology for the policy’s negative impact after the New York Times (2014) claimed that Judge Shira A. Scheindlin described it as “a policy of indirect racial profiling.” It’s reasons like these that encourage people to believe this tactic is inherently corrupt. If police officers are not using clear logic and reasonable suspicion when stopping individuals, it can create a major separation between our law enforcement agents and society and allow for noble cause corruption. While this policy has the ability to create major distrust and dislike for the cops, however, it can also have a very positive impact as well. For example, if officers continue to improve the accuracy of their stops and become more successful in taking weapons off the streets and deterring crime, their communities should begin to back them and also this

Civil Right Violation is a problem that goes unseen in california. Nobody pays attention to it. Police officers beat or kill innocent citizens every year and don’t get punished. It’s a violation to our civil rights. They can’t just beat or kill an innocent person. 487 percent of latinos were killed, 341 percent of whites were killed, 229 percent of blacks were killed, and 76 percent of other races were killed by california police officers form 2006 through 2015.

We have issues: more specifically , the United States has issues, continuous and all-encompassing issues of racial inequality.The United States is experiencing a outburst of racism, as can be seen from the 2014 killings of two unarmed African-American men, to the brutality of white supremacy in Charleston and the string of arsons in black churches across the South. Of course, it’s nothing new for a nation with a long history of extreme racist violence—the most recent lynching-related death occurred in 1981, hardly a lifetime ago, when Michael Donald was hanged by two members of the Ku Klux Klan.The United States, however, continues to avoid its history on race, refusing to confront its past in a “post-racial,” “colorblind” society, and that policy of systemic ignorance is particularly strong when mention of racial equality is brought up. Although the concept of equality has never truly existed in this world, as can be traced back to the very beginnings of recorded history we see the nobles ruling the commoners, conquerors reigning over the conquered, the will of man dominating women; the United States needs to acknowledge the fact that racial inequality still exists within our country and has in no way progressed towards betterment.

According to to the American Civil Liberties Union, California’s research shows that black men are three times more likely to be stopped and frisked than whites. (Quigley) Some may say that this topic is based on nothing but opinions. That is not true. There are facts behind the accusations made by so many people accusing law enforcement agents of being racist. The job of law enforcement is to serve and protect the people, showing no bias towards any specific race, but this is not always the case.

The discretionary power to decide who should be searched, arrested, prosecuted, and punished depends on the law enforcement system. Therefore, “skewed statistics, along with some dramatic instances of excess in the exercise of police authority,” suggest that the evident nature of racial disparity is the cause for the maltreatment of minorities by the policing system. Data shows that minorities such as Latinos, and Blacks specifically form a disproportionately large percentage of the people who receive punishment, and land up in jail. These consequences affect them for the rest of their lives and even impact the future status of their communities. (2) “It has long been recognized that racial disparities

The history of minorities being targeted dates back to the LAPD and their tie ins with the Mexican population. Back in those days law enforcement officers were convinced that Latinos were capable of committing crime more often than your average white citizen. They held a position on the increase of criminal activity that was reasoned as being the effect of the increase in the Mexican population. Since they are more criminally inclined and more of them have been moving into the area their logic dictated that a rise in the criminal activity was not only inevitable but the end of the neighborhood as they knew it.

To begin, in the journal, Paul G. Lewis, et al inform citizens to know their laws in the state they live in because they can be changed and local police can have federal authority. States with hispanic commander in chiefs have a better chance of not seeing so many discrimination towards immigrants. Authors go on to saying, “We find that immigration -supportive city policy commitments and the presence of a hispanic police chief are associated with less immigration enforcement by local police.” People that live in sanctuary cities have it a little easier to not have fear of being discriminated. Undocumented people that live in areas where they are not welcomed have a harder time adjusting and fitting in. Just because someone is not from the

It has been noted that one’s race plays a vital role in the chances of being pulled over by the police. According to a New York article published in the City Journal in 2009, Blacks were pulled over 55% of the time and were only 23% of the city’s population while Hispanics, being 28% of the population were pulled over 32%, and Whites were pulled over 10% of the time and accounted for 38% of the population (MacDonald, 2010).

Between May 29th, 2010 to October 31st, 2010, the data had shown that illegal immigrants or anyone who looked the part, was being racial profiling. Anyone who looked the part of an undocumented person was getting treated differently, as if the state of Arizona went back in time to the civil right movement of 1960’s, where the bystanders were judging by the color of skin. The Arizona law requires law enforcement to question the immigration status of a person, who was stopped because of reasonable suspicion of being in the United States illegally, which the protesters would argue that is discrimination. The people of Arizona becoming more frighten toward Hispanics, as if they were straight out of a horror movie, and was influenced by the Republicans

Studies show that police are more likely to pull over and frisk blacks or Latinos than whites. In New York City, 80% of the stops made were blacks and Latinos, and 85% of those people were frisked, compared to a mere 8% of white people stopped (11 Facts about Racial Discrimination). America is known as the land of opportunity. Immigrants and people come from far and wide seeking success and achieving their dream in this land. There is a reason for that and throughout history this reason hasn’t changed. America is a melting pot. The most diverse country in the world. We have Asians, African Americans, Chinese, Indians and much more all living together as one. You go into any big business, law firm or

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton said, “We have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways”. This quote rings true where equality in the workplace is concerned. In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story “The Lesson”, we see what social discrimination looks like through the eyes of children who are observing a wealthier part of town. In their eyes, they see and injustice and question why it is not being altered into something centered more on equality and equal opportunity. Toni Cade Bambara’s story “The Lesson” is written to make a point about racial discrimination in the workplace and social inequality.

Further strides have been made since this period to include a concentrated effort to make police departments more ethnically diverse. Despite becoming more diverse and laws to protect citizens there remains a great deal of distrust of the police among African-Americans and Hispanics. The Rodney King case was and is a lightning rod for those who point to police abuse based on race. Unfortunately, large numbers of African-Americans, Hispanics, and to a lesser degree other ethnic