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“Everything isn’t racial profiling” was posted on Townhall January the ninth of 2002. This article was told by Linda Chavez and cleared up on the subject of racial profiling, which is, still a thing today. Chavez explains her story to us as, “Racial profiling is an ugly business.” In her essay, she argues the circumstances of racial profiling and how it entails picking someone out for special scrutiny simply because of his race. Chavez paints us a picture of real world examples and stories of her own, so that we would be able to understand this “ugly business”. Repeatedly, she brings up airports and airlines as an example, showing where it is brought up most. And finally, she informs the audience on why the United States is more secured. Through the emotions of her journeys, the logical events that she talks about, and the information she provides, Chavez informs her audience on why racial profiling is such an ugly business.

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 remains a dormant issue in the United States. It is the act of the authority, mostly, police officers linking minority status to criminal behaviour (Glover, 2007). Several police officers in the United States target specific groups because they don’t display characteristics of typical Caucasian individuals (Glover, 2007). To put history into context, before 9/11, not many police officers profiled individuals based on their ethnic backgrounds but after the attack, there was an increase in racial profiling (Harris, 2006). A racial profiling method that became prevalent in the 1980s in the United States was administered by the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration. Operation Pipeline was a program that they launched to help police officers catch drug traffickers (Harris, 2006). In a video, they taught police officers to look for clues that would help them recognize criminals. It was noticed that police officers made a majority of stops to people with Hispanic last names (Harris, 2006). Marshall Frank, a former police officer was asked what police officers should do if they saw an African man driving around a white community. Frank responded by stating that the police officers should stop the vehicle and investigate the reason to why he was there even if there was no occurrence of a crime (Harris, 2006).

One of the most imminent threats looming within American society is race relations. America is a melting pot of different races, cultures, and religions, yet the matter of racial profiling still remains prominent today. By definition it is considered “an activity carried out by enforcers of the law wherein they investigate or stop any individual in traffic or round up people of the same race or ethnicity for crime suspicion” (NYLN.org ). This profiling has become a significant catalyst in the tension that has been ensuing between minorities and the government. Hostility has grown due to the apparent and intentional targeting of “brown people”, and

Even the United States struggles with issues of racial discrimination despite being a society highly based on immigrants and multicultural diversity. On one hand, people frown on treatment based on race, whether that is on an individual or group level. On the other, people are tired and annoyed by the seemingly constant call of discrimination. All of these feelings culminate into the debate pertaining to the use of racial profiling. Likewise, there are some individuals that hold a certain level of acceptance in regard to racial profiling. However, what is lost in the process because of that acceptance? There are many components that need to be thought about in reference to the use of racial profiling. In addition, it can be viewed

Racial profiling is a futile method in preventing domestic and international terrorism. But regardless of this fact, the United States has attempted to employ this technique in its counter-terror and espionage efforts dating back as early as World War II. And as long as this has been present in has been a point of contention and discussion amongst the American populace, as this country has well documented accounts of this throughout their history that include: the internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII, the profiling of minorities and low-income areas during the War on Drugs,

September 11, 2001, was a very tragic day for many people living in the United States. Millions of people were affected by the terrorist attacks. Since then airport security has changed as well as police techniques. When police are at work they use many techniques to decrease their suspect pools. Racial profiling is the most common technique used. The dictionary definition for racial profiling is “the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense.” This is the most controversial technique that our government uses today. Minorities are the most affected, being mistaken for a criminal because a person “fits the profile”, a common scenario in the United States. The issue with racial profiling is

Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11 there have been an increase in the willingness to condone law enforcement and security actions based primarily on the color of ones’ skin. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it has been the official policy of the United States government to stop, interrogate, and detain individuals without criminal charges on the basis of their national origin, ethnicity and religion. Thus, the term racial profiling was coined. Society, however, has been ignorant to the true meaning of racial profiling and has sometimes misinterpreted the government’s continuous

Ten years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, millions of people board planes all around the country just like any other day of the year. It was no different for the passengers departing from the Metro Airport in Detroit, Michigan. The passengers were minding their own business and casually waiting for the plane to take off. All of sudden, a group of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents stormed in to the aircraft demanding everyone to put their hands on the seat in front of them. Then, the agents selected three specific people, arrested them, pulled them from the plane, stripped searched them, and locked them up. This was racial profiling because of their ethnic background. What should have been an average day turned into a day that two Indian-American men, and 36 year old, half-Jewish, half-Arab, Shoshana Hebshi, will never be able to forget (Warikoo, 2013).

In this journal Peter Schuck contends that in the post-9/11 period, and with the issue of unlawful migration ending up increasingly squeezing, it is essential for the nation to have a balanced talk about the utilization of racial profiling. The government may not treat people self-assertively,he contends, it must construct its activity in light of data that is sufficiently solid to legitimize its activity of control over free people.He goes ahead to state, Setting is everything,and when it is utilized appropriately and inside characterized lawful parameters, racial profiling can be a real, valuable instrument of law implementation. The claims are supported by evidence that will definitely have the audience's

The attacks on US soil on September 11th of the year 2001 caused an impact on the US. Most importantly its citizens. From safety concerns to the economy the impacts were all over the nation. One of these outcomes was racial profiling. This meant to people that looked to be from Saudi Arabia to suffer a form of hatred. Since that day many people have a picture ingrained in their heads about what a terrorist looks like. However, as an organization debates racial profiling is not effective in finding terrorists instead a waste of time.

Is the current level of profiling individuals based on their race an easier way to identify them, or is it assuming their actions based on their color of skin? Many people contemplate between these two positions; they might be annoyed by the thought of dark complexion citizens that are accused of crimes or behavior but can also find it reasonable when looking for suspects. Racial profiling has always been one of the social issues that are always at the forefront, and many argue in favor or against this issue. Numerous articles have been written that give their argument as to why people should take a stand in favor of or against racial profiling. For example, the article “Racial Profiling and Background Injustice”, “Attitude… of false and derogatory belief about the [racial] group,” while “The Globe and Mail Why Racial Profiling Is A Good Idea”, explains “Racial profiling is both necessary and desirable.” Analyzing the articles of these two groups reveals not only contrasting messages but also quite different rhetorical strategies for delivering them.

Once the patriot act was enacted racial and ethnic profiling spiked. Now Muslim men are 65% more likely to be stopped for “random searches” at transportation hubs such as airports. According to Ibrahim Hooper, “American Muslims have already lost many their civil rights and All Muslims are considered suspects” (Bork). The biggest sign of this is supposedly ethnic profiling that is now occurring all over the country but mostly in airports but other places as well. “This form of discrimination is felt to be

Since 9/11 people still differentiate if racial or religious profiling is still protecting constitutional freedom. In “Is racial or religious profiling ever justified?”, which appears in the April 18,2011, issue of the New York Times Upfront Magazine, Asra QA Nomani, an African American women who struggles for the soul of Islam, Hassan Abbas, a Professor at Columbia University, debate the issue, but only Asra Q. Nomani is successful. Asra Q. Nomani defends the right of racial or religious profiling. Using the example of 9/11, she determines that the racial or religious profiling is protecting the safety and security of the nation.

Racial profiling is an epidemic. It has negatively impacted communities for generations. THe use of race by American police in their policing activities has received much attention across the world. Social media have exploded the daily news people consume and trends are now visible to those that previously didn’t notice it. Countless studies were released on that epidemic and yet, in 2016, nothing seems to have changed. There are those who will support the idea, but quite often, it’s because it doesn’t affect them. While it’s true that African Americans have a particular past with racial profiling in America, it’s has always been much broader experience. Anyone with Arabic look or with Muslim affiliation would be constantly set aside for extra searching and questioning at airports. As a journalist so well explained “People like