Racial Profiling In Criminal Justice

“It’s because I'm black, isn’t it?” a phrase most African Americans say too often. Racial profiling is not something that you can brush underneath a carpet. It shows how the United States govern themselves negatively by showing this act in the court system, socially, and in the community. It is important to let all citizens know about this practice that presents a great danger to the fundamental principles of our constitution. (“Blog Series”)
In the court system or law enforcement Lady Justice is used to demonstrate equality. She is blind folded and holds a scale in her hand. This generally means that she is not judging anyone because of how they look and that they will be sentenced equally. Although this is a talisman that most live by, all that glitters is not gold.
Profiling within the criminal justice system is most often associated with law enforcement. (Bumgamer). Being a police officer means that it is your duty to help and guide the citizens of your county and to bring in the criminals that try to do harm to others. It is not your job to depict if a person is good or not because of the color of their skin. A lot of people think that stereotyping and racial profiling is the same thing. It is not, stereotyping is a thought and racial profiling is an action. The court system uses stereotyping just to sugar coat racial profiling. Once convicted, black offenders receive longer sentences compared to white offenders. (Kerby).
Racial profiling has been around for quite some time. In the 1900’s during World War 2 Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese airplanes. After the attack all Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals who lived near or in the west coast were victimized as national threat to security. Many of these people were...

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...they are more likely to break the law. If you lived in a government project housing that made up a majority of people of one race, of course the government is going to be threatened by that community because they out number them. Large amounts of people mean more danger in the eyes of a law man. To be considered a threat to the community, and individual has to do something to threaten the community. There is no need to take action on a community that has no visible harm.
While people of color make up about 30% of the United States population, they account for 60% of those imprisoned. (Kerby). Most cases these people who are put into jail are there for petty crimes, like: unpaid court fines, tickets, and unpaid child support. Although a majority of people of color do commit these crimes, so do other races. The only difference is how they get charged and sentenced.