Everything Isn T Racial Profiling By Linda Chavez: Article Analysis

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In the United States of America today, racial profiling is when an individual is accused of committing a crime because of their race. There has been a lot of conversation about this topic whether racial profiling is okay or it’s considered as being racist and law enforcement can not stop and search someone because of their race. Racial profiling is a bad idea because people are being judged and might feel harassed because of their race. In an essay “Everything Isn’t Racial Profiling” written by Linda Chavez explains how Arab people are being discriminated at airports simply because they are Arab. Chavez says, “In the intervening ninety minutes, Shater’s lawyers allege that he was mistreated and denied the right to fly because he was an Arab American...” Shater was in the Secret Service and was accused of being a terrorist because he was Arab, this is racial profiling and this should be stopped because it just creates a whole issue. …show more content…

By searching someone because of their race can make our country much safer without harming anyone. A quick search would not hurt even if it would make a person embarrassed because it would be better to have a person searched and feel humiliated in a way than to let someone slide and have that person commit a crime. In an essay “ Everything Isn't Racial Profiling” by Linda Chavez, Chavez argues that even though the airport has searched her before she boarded the plane and even had to delay the plane because of that she felt safe because they were just doing their job with checking people who look suspicious. She states, “...and female terrorist were operating as well as men, usually on stolen or phony passports. It wasn’t unreasonable for airlines look at me a little more closely than other passengers given these facts.” Chavez felt humiliated at first, but after she understood why the airlines do what they have to do so the airlines could keep their passengers safe as well as our

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