Racial Profiling: The Importance Of Racial Profiling

Racial Profiling

Why does the color of my skin or my appearance transgress a boundary of comfort, or to im-plement a person to survey me as a statistic? Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines racism as, “a belief that race is primary determinant of human traits, capacities, and those racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.” Too many innocent people have been victims to racial profil-ing.

Firstly, when being racially profiled becomes a normal expectancy, we get use to the usual “suspicious glances, inattentive clerks, or rude service- not handcuffs,” when shopping in a store (Jesse Washington). I have been racially profiled on numerous occasions, it is a really uncomfortable feeling to be at a restaurant, or a

Most store clerks and police believe so. Chan, “a graduate student” as if the fact that he graduated gives him the right or gives him the credentials to know when to profile a person, says, “Like it or not I’m going to have a preconceived notion of races from my experiences. As much as I would like that and put every-one on an even playing field, stereotypes play a role in our society…,” Yes, they do. That doesn’t mean every crazy looking gothic person is going to do something crazy, or every Arab you see is going to try to bomb the place. There are even cops that say racial profiling is effective. Jeffery Goldberg quoted Carl Williams in the New York Time Magazine saying, “Today, with this drug problem, the drug problem is cocaine or marijuana. It is most likely a minority group that is involved with that,” he got fired. When it comes to drugs, what is a minority group? I have seen all kinds of people deal with drugs, and I’m not police. So one race deals with drugs more than other races or is the type of person? Not assuming be-cause there are African-Americans that sale dope, or because he or she is Chinese that they know karate. Sargent Mike Lewis says, “Ask me how many white people I have arrested for cocaine smuggling—ask me!” He goes on to say, “None! Zero!” Although, when determining what type of person someone is, you would actually have to talk to them and get to know them, not just perceive them as a serial killer, drug dealer, or Martial Artist because of their race. Crime doesn’t have a race or should I say color. Crime is crime and I think it’s about time we look at it that