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Eugene Robinson Letter To The Editor
A Letter to the Editor
Eugene Robinson
Your article “You Have the Right to Remain a Target of Racial Profiling,” was rather entertaining and not based on all factual evidence. I do not solely base my opinions on statistical data from one source. You quoted percentages from the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics report which stated that Hispanics, African Americans and Whites were most likely to be pulled over for a traffic offense. Percentages can be alarming when used in this context, and I agree that this would be a very persuasive argument for racial biases.
But, because statistics say that ‘all races’ are pulled over equally for an alleged traffic offense (even though there is a slightly higher percentage for African Americans),
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