Joe Arpaio

Joe Arpaio was a sheriff of Maricopa County and a judge ordered him to stop going and investigating people based on whether they were undocumented immigrants or not. The judge did this because one, it’s a federal offence and has nothing to do with his job as a sheriff in Maricopa County. Second of all, in order for him to investigate people he needed to have probable cause and/or needed to think that there is some sort of crime being committed. Sheriff Arpaio basically told the judge that he wasn’t

Racism: Developing A Profile Racial profiling is a topic that dates back centuries. With it being one of the major issues encountered today, racial profiling is a discriminatory conduct held by law enforcement and the criminal justice system. In my eyes, racial profiling is the use of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or national origin by law enforcement as a factor in deciding whom to investigate, arrest, or detain absent evidence of a specific crime or criminal behavior (Chanin). In today’s

According to Michael Omi and Howard Winant racial formation is “the sociohistorical process by which racial categories are created, inhabited, transformed, and destroyed.” How as a society we can do this? Very simple: we create a sentiment on what a particular person is and began by assuming everyone is the same. Example: Mexicans. Almost everyone has heard at one point about immigration. Immigrants come and take our jobs and are here to drain the American society, etc. By creating a view that immigrants

drivers simply on the suspicion that they were in the country illegally, sometimes leading to the detention of Latinos who were citizens.” This is stating that Joe Arpaio a man that Donald Trump, the president of the United States Pardoned for openly disregarding a court order to stop racially profiling Latinos while he was sheriff. Joe Arpaio chose to continuously racially profile Latinos after being ordered to stop by the court.  Which lead to the detention of Latinos who were citizens, the definition

be collected concerning the average cost of supporting a prisoner annually. Fiscal commitment towards individual prisoners correlates directly with the privileges and rights that they are afforded while incarcerated. In Phoenix, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has found an efficient and

Imagine growing up in a glass cube. Something covers all of your basic needs, including food, water, sleeping, walking, and breathing. However, you have no name, no social security number, no idea who your parents are, no idea what “parents” mean. What kind of human being would you be? You wouldn’t speak, most linguistic evidence and theory strongly suggests you wouldn’t have a voice in any recognizable form. Interactions with the world define ourselves, something we have observed or enacted in

CIVIL RIGHTS: Human Rights/Immigration This country was founded on the fact that America was built by immigrants. From Plymouth Rock in the seventeenth century to Ellis Island in the twentieth, people from everywhere came to America. Some were fleeing religious persecution and political turmoil. In recent years, an increased number of immigrants have caused many Americans to believe that the country is overwhelmed by immigrants and have urged policymakers to create laws that discourage both legal

On August 25th, 2017, Donald Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio. On the same day, the marching band had to perform at the football game. When I was in the band room talking to one of my friends (for context, he is white), he didn’t understand why I was mad. “What’s the problem? I don’t agree with it, but nobody’s going to be hurt because of it.” I represent the struggle of people of color to exist in american culture. My grandma on my mother’s side is full chinese, and the child of Chinese immigrants. My

Racial Profiling Against Hispanics Racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Racial profiling against Hispanics includes people from North American, South American and Central Americans. Examples of racial profiling against Hispanics are being identified by the color of their skin, which the majority of skin tone is brown but not all some may be a different color and are Hispanics. Sadly, Hispanic identity is only defined by

Racial Profiling Against Hispanics Racial Profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspect someone of having committed an offense. Racial profiling against Hispanics, when I mean Hispanics are people from North American, South American and Central Americans. An example of racial profiling against Hispanics is by; the color of our skin, which the majority skin toned (Color) is brown but not all of them, some may be different color and are Hispanics. Sadly, our identity is defined