Institutionalized Racial Profiling

On July 16, 2009, around noon, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a black Harvard professor, was on his way home from a trip to Harvard University and had called a limousine, the driver was black. When he returned home his key wasn 't working, and both he and the driver tried to force the door open. The police were called and Dr. Gates was arrested, the story made headlines nationwide and raised the question; does law enforcement racially profile people? (Staples) This is an example of racial profiling and how it is in law enforcement. Although there is discrimination in law enforcement, many cops are not racist and do not racially profile people.

I think many Americans think that there is a problem with the black person whom was killed by the police, rather than the officer who actually murdered the person. Many people, like myself, believe that police officers do not always get in trouble when situations like police racism or brutality happen. They do not think about getting in trouble because most of them literally don 't at all. When cops get caught for illegal actions they are just going to get in trouble by there own friends on the force, just to be put on paid leave. Not being caught is a big issue and is mainly why cops think that they can do whatever they want and completely get away with it.

After the Civil War, “Lives of black slaves had improved greatly and there was hope for emancipation of slaves in those states. However, The Compromise of 1877 took away all hope for slaves.” (Source 8) This “compromise” made slaves’ lives even more difficult than it was before. As soon as progress was being made, this set it back even more than it was before. This was from the perspective of a former Louisiana slave, Henry Adams, “The whole South - every state in the South - had got into the hands of the very men that held us as slaves.” (Source 7) This basically ripped any chance of freedom and equal

I hope you are having a pleasant afternoon ladies and gentlemen! Did you know that every year, per every population of 100,000 people about 1,400 black males and 900 white males commit suicide due to racism and discrimination? Did you know that only In Aurora, Colorado almost 400 black males committed suicide while roughly 200 white males died by the hand of racism? Did you know that due to discrimination amongst certain groups of people approximately 1,600 people commit suicide every single year? Getting discriminated for who you are is not a pretty walk in the park.

Executive Order 8802 worked to eliminate racial bias in the workplace, however discrimination will always exist. However, with the help of Executive Order 8802, as a nation, the United States has accomplished many things in relation historically. Historical moments like The Civil Rights Movement in the 60’s forever changed the United States. African Americans had been free for almost a century, but did not have civil rights. Executive Order 8802 impacted The Civil Rights Movement as it gave African Americans a voice in the workforce and socially as well.

This essay deals with racism, stereotypes, and prejudice. In this essay, he demonstrates to the reader using his own experiences, how stereotypes based on sex and skin color can change the mind of one person and how it can influence many other people. Staples fears about how his appearance and his color make people think of him as a harmful person. a beard and billowing hair, both hands shoved into the pockets of a bulky military jacket- he also mentions that he possesses an indulgent

Analysis of Haruk Murakami's 'The Second Bakery Attack' The second Murakami story I read is similar to the first, but in this one the facts relating people to their premature natures are even more up front. It begins with a recently married couple waking up in the dead of night with violent hunger cravings, and after confirming several times that they have no food in the house, the husband lets it slip that in his youth he and a friend once 'robbed' a bakery (they meant to, but the food was nearly given to them). The wife becomes incredibly intrigued, and eventually the two of them leave the house with masks and a shotgun to rob a bakery of their own, though they eventually settle for an empty McDonalds, from which they take 30 hamburgers.

Specifically, in the media, racism is very evident and African Americans are discriminated in news headlines, television series, and art portrayals. First of all, African Americans are discriminated through the news and social media in different ways. Research assistant Kristine Lu acknowledges

Sexism and racism are two things which have been a big issue within human society for many years. In the past sexism and racism were both extreme phenomenon which had no boundaries. Racism is still prevalent in today’s day and age, however, it is not as bad as it once was. As Peggy McIntosh spoke about in White Privilege and Male Privilege, in 1988, there are many examples of white privilege which was going on in her time. For example, she stated how as a white you do not have to be scared others will not take your advice because of your race.

All people should be presented with the same amount on opportunities. As King stated, “‘We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro’s basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one.’” King means that African Americans should not be the only ones suffering in the world or be in poverty; sadly, this has been the case for many years now. The government could not force people to stop discriminating against blacks sense racial discrimination dates back far into history; racial discrimination has been around for years and it will not disappear

In the article, “Black Men in Public Places,” Brent Staples first grabs the reader by telling them about his first victim. This, “victim,” was not harmed by Staples at all, he only walked passed her at night, which made her incredibly uncomfortable and she was not the only person that had felt this way. Staples describes how people would lock their car doors when he would walk by, just because of his appearance, to them he looked the same as a mugger or rapist. Staples moved to New York, and faced the same racial profiling he did back in his hometown. Staples describes himself as shy and timid, while the people where he grew up were gang affiliated and were dying at young ages.

From the time Richard was born to the present day, there have been many advances in black equality, but racism and discrimination are still very apparent in our society today. There has been an increase in black pride and the encouragement for blacks to advance in social status, but a majority of blacks still remain in the bottom sector of the economic and social class. Richard Wright was born after the Civil War, but before the Civil Rights Movement. If he were writing an autobiography today about a black boy growing up in the United States, he would write about the positive increase of African American pride and empowerment, but also the unjust and sanctioned police brutality, and the growing poverty among most blacks. Blacks had begun to

The South was the main part of the United States to have those issues. African Americans were affected in a good and bad way. Many African Americans got right they didn’t have before the Civil War. The Reconstruction era and the Civil War changed the world for the better because African Americans are free and have equal amount of

In nearly nine out of 10 searches, police find nothing”. This proves racial profiling still exists in today’s legal system like in the 1930s because in the 21st century, as it shows in this study, people in law enforcement stop particularly African Americans and Latinos most of the time to check them because they have “suspicions” about them. Interestingly, most of the time the police don’t find anything. This is an example of racial profiling because law enforcers are using the race of a group as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. This is very similar to what Alabama citizens did to 9 African Americans, commonly known as the Scottsboro boys, on the train going from Chattanooga in the 1930s.

Racial profiling has always been an issue in the United States, although we as a society tend to ignore it, it is still occurring around us everyday. Data has proven that racial profiling is an issue, it shows that, “Racial profiling is real. Disparate treatment of black and brown men by police officers is real. Grotesquely disproportionate numbers of killings of black men by the police are real” (Blow). Blacks are the number one race that is being killed by police officers; the numbers of the killings are drastically high.