Arguments Against Racial Profiling

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The following discussion and statements are done so such that they incorporate the ideas and struggles of the Latino races regarding certain subjects down upon the text. It seems that the law abiding force meant to keep the peace is only meant for the people that made law it seems. Serve the people seems to escape their mind due to race issues and a bit of ignorance, change will come slowly it seems, but it will come through tears and blood. Three points will be discussed: prejudice hate, arresting a race, and the heated debate of immigration.
The system of justice is blind, starting this discussion with a quote, “but the fact remains that far too often the police acts like the biggest, baddest gang on the block, with more firepower and the
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“In the twenty-first century, with George W. Bush taking over ... the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States quickly led to a sudden approval of racial and ethnic profiling as a presumed sacrifice of civil liberties in order to achieve greater security.”(Ramirez) Being a horrific moment in United States history, excluding the methods of taking our so call land, slavery and other events of this land. After this event the American people saw it as a fine reason to start profiling their fellow man of a different color. The law took into effect of holding the hammer of justice through hate and ignorance. The law became strict for certain races, depending as to what they had in their agenda, for the Latino race profiling increased due to it being unchallenged within the courts, seeing as the law could justify their need to harass Latinos in the means to stop “drug traffickers”. It is allowed due to fear of a non-existent enemy, …show more content…
“An eye for an eye ends up making the whole world blind.” Subtle with its attack, the quote implies that we as people must stop the hatred towards each other due to our different tones of color. If progress is to be made than we must unite, not separate within our birth race. Towards Latino/as restricting an opportunity towards knowledge only hurt America as a whole, the hate will remain within certain states, children will seek out other means of providing for themselves being good or bad. Locking down pathways for progress is only going to hurt, these wounds will bleed hate towards the nation and halt attempts for progress to a better America. As a nation we must help one another not turn against one