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Racial profiling is something that has always been a problem ever since humans were on Earth. This is an issue that people can’t figure out when it’s really not that hard to do. Racial profiling dates back all the way to slavery times. Eventually, in 1880, the Jim Crow Laws were made and these gave black people more rights and better opportunities to stand up for themselves. In the 1960’s most of these laws were repealed, and now resurfacing. Racial profiling has always been an excuse for law enforcement to approach citizens that are assumed to be criminals. If a person of color is approached and asked to show I.D. and they didn’t have any on them, this could’ve led to them being sold into slavery. Most times they would just be sent to jail, and only released if a white person could come on their behalf. This is still an issue today and people are even dying because of the racial profiling issues that still go on.
It’s hard to only have 2 different strong opinions on this topic, it’s not very one way or another because there are so many different opinions to have about racial profiling. A few examples from someone that believes racial profiling is a bad thing would be things like racial profiling doesn’t ever work. It’s also been proven that black suspects are no more likely to have drugs or illegal weapons in cars than white people. Another thing that I found that would support this is that it’s proven that 70% of drug abusers are white, 15% are black, and only 8% are Latino. Somebody from the opposite point of view would probably view statistics of those who are already imprisoned, which shows that only 26% of drug abusers in prison are white, 21% are Latino, and 45% are black. It’s also proven that colored people are pulled over dramatically more than white people. This turns into an argument making law enforcement the bad guys because they are the ones racially profiling colored people.
Racial profiling is not only a super controversial topic, but it’s also something that leads to a lot of violence and a lot of hate. Racial profiling also leads to communities not wanting to work with law enforcement. Another big thing racial profiling leads to is people will have more and more hate towards each other because of our opinions and situations in that racial profiling has been involved. A big issue right now is black people getting shot by white police because they assume that black people carry weapons on them. This leads to so much conflict between police and citizens. Racial profiling also often leads to acts of violence and people participating in dangerous protests.
I don’t think in any situation it would ever be okay to racially profile anyone. I think we should all be judged differently on the type of human being we are rather than the color of our skin. Society nowadays has so many issues, and I for sure think this is one of the worst. To racially profile someone, is the exact same as being racist.
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