Racial Profiling As A Social Problem

According to the 11 Facts about Racial Discrimination, “The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics concluded that an African American male born in 2001 has a 32% chance of going to jail in his lifetime, while a Latino male has a 17% chance, and a white male only has a 6% chance” (11 Facts about Racial Discrimination 1). Racial profiling, or discriminating against a whole group of people based on their race, is an unjust act and a big problem in our society today. Arresting people because of how they look like, or what they believe in is absurd. According to ACLU, “Racial Profiling refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual 's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin” (ACLU 1). Although law enforcement assumes they are doing their job, they need to remain objective and fair in all situations, because they are violating rights, lacking protection and risking lives.

Since the birth of our nation, racial profiling has been an issue longstanding and troubling among minority groups and still continues to exhibit severe consequences in communities.

In the Justice System there are a lot of flaws that affect many people of color, and from past history, it has shown how these practices can lead to very unfortunate events, one of these practices is racial profiling. Racial profiling is when law enforcement uses race and ethnicity as grounds to determine if someone, typically of color, is guilty of doing something illegal. Racial profiling is a major problem in this country, this as well affects many citizens that are mainly of color because law enforcement usually sees them as targets, and it is important to improve and fixed this issue because there are many tragic incidents that have been caused of racial profiling.

Another way that people are racially profiled is when they are shopping in stores. My mom would always tell me to never touch anything in the store and if I did to stay close by her. I didn’t get it until recently, when she explained that sometimes the saleperson thinks that because you are black and young you are trying to steal something from the store. I have heard of situations where a black person was followed and stopped and questioned by the store manager ,or someone who works in the store because they thought the person was going to steal something but I never thought it would affect me. According to one columnist, “The usual scenario involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service,” is how the Associated Press described ‘shopping while black’ (Singletary, “Shopping While Black”). In most cases, a person is falsely

Racism has been a big problem in the U.S. for all races for a very long time and continues to be a problem to this day,. Racism has been a big part in U.S. history and has changed over time, some of these races were African Americans, American Indians, and Mexican Americans, for American Indians it was how they were treated wrong socially and economically.

The National Institute of Justice (“Racial Profiling”) stated that racial profiling, which is a form of discrimination, racism, and stereotypes is when law enforcement, based on a person’s race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion targets a person for suspicion of crimes. Today people can turn on their television, go online, and even listen to their radios and they will hear about racial profiling. Racial profiling is not anything new and has been going on throughout history; it goes all the way back to slavery. Racial profiling has recently started being recorded, which is why it has become such a huge national issue today, because people can no longer ignore it. This issue is not specific to one race, religion, ethnicity, or national origin. People of many races, religions, ethnicities, or national origins have been affected by racial profiling for years since the start of this country, but one group that has been affected by racial profiling at a high rate is African Americans. The goal of this paper is to analyze this main group that has and still is being affected by racial profiling and acknowledge other groups that are being affected as well.

Racial profiling is used by many Americans in the united states. Blacks, whites and mexicans all use racial profiling. Their profiling is much different then you could say is used by police enforcement today. Minorities are high on the list of racial profiling by police in today 's society. This has caused many issues with minorities and police enforcement relations since police use this as a way of controlling crime rates in many cities. With this paper it will be to show and scrutinize every aspect of consequences of racial profiling with police and individuals such as minorities. To be able to explain and probe racial profiling and the issues that coincide with this issue. I will then provide an explanation with background of what racial profiling means. Then providing research that will show the issue of racial profiling with how it will affect the relations between individuals and law enforcement departments.

Racial profiling has been an issue in society for as long as America had a criminal justice system. "Racial profiling is a problem because it refers discriminatory practice bye-law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual 's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin." In 1868, the fourteenth amendment was ratified which states, " No state. Shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws," would have made racial profiling illegal had it been enforced by the courts." Many years passed and individuals are still being racially profiled. After the 2001 terrorist attack, George W. Bush signed an executive order banning the use of race, color, and ethnicity to profile suspects in 70 different federal agencies." The nature of this social problem is still very serious, so why is racial profiling still a problem in America today?

In today’s world we deal with multiple cases of racial profiling seemingly on a daily basis. Turn on the television, check the internet, or simply have a discussion with someone and you’ll hear about it. "Racial Profiling" describes discriminatory practices by law enforcement officials who target people for suspicion of crime based on their ethnicity, race, origin, or religion. The term first came about during the War on Drugs in the 1970’s and 1980’s when law enforcement were accused of pulling over motorists simply because of their race, then unlawfully searching their vehicles for illegal substances. There are varying opinions about this topic and as the year’s progress, it seems acts of racism, labeling, and profiling increase. Many of the instances of racial profiling that occur today involve criminal justice.

Racism and racial stereotypes have existed throughout human history. The radical belief associated by thinking the skin color, language, or a person’s nationality is the reason that someone is one way or another has become extremely detrimental to society. Throughout human existence it has sparked tension between groups of people and ultimately influenced wars and even caused slavery. Racism in America dates back to when Native Americans were often attacked, relocated, and assimilated into European culture. Since then, racism within the states has grown to include various other cultures as well. In the essays by Brent Staples, Bharati Mukherjee, and Manuel Munoz, they discuss the various causes as well as the effects that racial stereotyping can place on a victim and the stigma it leaves behind for the society to witness.

Are the civil rights of a person being respected by the United States’ criminal justice system? Is the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution been violated, which states clearly the protection of individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government officials, meaning that police officers are not allow to search or arrest an individual, unless the police man have a permission or a warrant to do so from a judge. Unfortunately, nowadays one can see that multiple minority groups across the U.S. suffer some kind of discrimination by police officers known as racial profiling. It gives excessive power to law enforcement to misuse it against individuals based merely on their race, religion and color. For instance, police men often

In this essay the term racial profiling is understood as: actions that rely on exterior features such as race, ethnicity, gender, stereotypes, age, etc. in reason for protective and security reasons. In addition, racial profiling can happen consciously, or unconsciously as people who racial profile may be unintentionally influenced by racial biases they have, which can be illustrated by R. V Brown, a landmark case (OHRC; OJENb). Which can be examined through how institutional racism revolves around this pheromone.

No one can say they know what it feels like to be discriminated against unless they have been racially profiled. In order for us to make a difference in our society, we need to learn about people’s personal experience with racial profiling. Throughout the history of America, people from all over the world were racially profiled based on false misconceptions and racism. We may be far from the past, but we still have a large racial profiling issue on our hands. Primarily, we through our research we want to see how many people in our community feel like racial profiling is still a problem in our society. From there we plan to go into more depth, as we try to find out if people have been stopped by law enforcement due to their appearance. Once

As I read this week case study it hit a too familiar cord that many people of color face when doing everyday life, such as walking down the street, shopping in a store or driving in a car. They are being racially profiled and being subjected to racial discrimination for no reason other than the color of their skin. In the “Bad Check Accusation” the Walmart store manager made the assumption that Mr. Pitts, a black man, making a purchase for a large amount with a check had to be committing fraud and therefore he unjustifiably scrutinized his purchase beyond a reasonable measure. Studies have shown that race as a highly visible feature has been the focal point of numerous profiling arguments. When a person skin color represents the likelihood

With the increase of population in the United States, more people will be going to stores and buying items they need. Dan White states that it’s acceptable for racial profiling to exist, for the businesses economic survival. From the actions of others in previous times, employees keep a cautious eye on customers from certain ethnic groups. This kind of security is often done when someone of color, black or hispanic, male and female, comes into a store. They’re often followed throughout the store and then asked to be searched. In order to protect those products, they must be cautious of people, making sure they don’t shoplift. Shoplifting represents a third of the 31.3 billion dollars that the retail industry loses every year. By having employees