Racial Profiling Pros And Cons

Why the US Shouldn’t use Racial Profiling Unfortunately, racial profiling is still used currently across the US. The simple definition of racial profiling is when the police, the government, or airport security use racial stereotypes to determine criminal charges or various negative punishments. This is extremely unfair and this is punishing people for something they can’t control, their race. If we end this in our country, racial stereotypes would be less used and hatred with diminish. First of all, it is completely unacceptable and absolutely ridiculous that people are judged for something that they can’t control. Most of these occurrences increase unneeded fear which our country doesn’t need. This is violating the US constitution in which …show more content…
However, sometimes this false racial profiling can go as far arresting innocent people, or not arresting everybody at fault. For example, in a study done by the National Survey on drug use, African Americans only represented 12.5% of drug users, however, they made up 32% of the people incarcerated (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 2015). This is completely shameful and unethical because first of all, colored people have substantially less drug use than Whites, so there is nothing to be afraid of. However, racial profiling is still used. This is a prime example of officials taking advantage of innocent people, who practically can’t do anything about it. The stop and frisk policy is a counterproductive and ineffective way of identifying suspicious drivers. The policy allows officers to stop anybody driving to check them. If minorities and/or colored people are in a rush, they are allowed to be pulled-over and checked, which is ridiculous. In New York, in 2012, more than half the stops were African Americans, however, they make up less than a quarter of the population (Horowitz, …show more content…
They believe that many terrorist attacks are done by minorities, and many of them, including President Trump, believe that it is working in other countries so we should try it ourselves (Stephenson, 2016). They believe that profiling and regularly checking these people would help decrease and minimize terrorism in an effective and quick way. Here are my statements that would put down these claims. Since 9/11, the number of terrorists attacks of whites to colored people are over a 2 to 1 ratio (Grossman, 2017). There is no need to overcheck these people unless there is clear evidence that they are guilty of committing crimes or have had previous suspicious behaviour. If we overcheck one group, we have to overcheck everybody. This is absolutely counterproductive and s thee actual facts show, there is nothing to be scared

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Pros And Cons Of Racial Profiling

Pros And Cons Of Racial Profiling