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Racial profiling refers to the use of an individual’s race or ethnicity by law enforcement personnel as a key factor in deciding whether to engage in enforcement (e.g. make a traffic stop or arrest). The practice is controversial and widely considered inappropriate and illegal. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License From Yahoo Image Search: "Racial Profiling"  redstate.com Neil Stevens (Profile) hu, 29 Apr 2010 04:02:38 GM The absolutely worst argument I keep hearing against Arizona's law banning illegal aliens, is that somehow it was going to be racist in its implementation. A. From Google Blog Search: "Racial Profiling"
 tucsoncitizen.com Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:14:11 GMT+00:00 Tucson Citizen Coalicion de Derechos Humanos, Pan Left Productions, and Migra Patrol-Copwatch will announce the details of the Tucson campaign to document racial profiling ...  wcco.com Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:33:34 GMT+00:00 wcco the suit intended to target property taken by the strike force and the claims by some that the officers on the force were engaging in racial profiling . ...  montrealgazette.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:02:55 GMT+00:00 Montreal Gazette ... the mystery has only deepened as to who shot the dog and whether he was a victim of "breed profiling," the canine world's answer to racial profiling . ... 'There are a lot of great pit bulls' Montreal Gazette From Google News Search: "Racial Profiling" Any difference in statistical probability and racial profiling? Q. And when I say racial profiling, I am talking all forms, not just cop on minority issues. We go on to higher education and many degree plans require us to study statistics, but it seems that if those statistics involve potentially negative or annoying habits of races different than our own, then we are told that using statstical analysis is wrong. Seems a little backwards. Asked by Me...LD - Thu Feb 14 23:04:04 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I certainly agree with your ideations on this subject. They are different . ... * ( but it seems that if those statistics involve potentially negative or annoying habits of races different than our own ) ... All statistical probabilities do not concern racism... Answered by palma - Thu Feb 14 23:32:48 2008 Is racial profiling also known as being prejudice? Q. I want to state in my essay racial profiling is prejudice but i don't want the teacher to be like..are you sure? where's the proof? Would you say racial profiling is prejudice? Asked by boom56 - Mon Nov 24 17:59:56 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. One form of prejudice is to assume that an entire race has a characteristic. For instance, my old redneck neighbor told me one time that ALL black people have lice (because they were dirty, according to her). How ridiculous! Especially since the kid she was talking about was cleaner than her kids ever dreamt of being. Racial profiling is similar to this. It "assumes" that a person may be a shoplifter, or a car thief, or a drug dealer, just because of their race. NOT because they were in a known drug area. Or because they were seen doing something that looks like a drug dea. No. They were just driving down the street not doing anything at all to attract attention. So to recap, when you assume an entire group of people has a characteristic… [cont.] Answered by Leslie K - Mon Nov 24 18:27:43 2008 What race is most effected by racial profiling?
Q. What race is most effected by racial profiling? Please also attach a link where you found your answer im writing an essay and need to cite my sources Asked by Alicia A - Thu Mar 19 09:31:08 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. I know that we have affirmitive action now but i believe that All Middle Eastern are instantly profiled as being terrorists. African American - Cuz people think they're associated with gang and crime. also Hispanics people think they are lazy and coming here for a free ride So between those three i think it's up in the air Answered by mrs_mom_2005 - Thu Mar 19 09:45:02 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Racial Profiling" |
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