Essay On Racial Profiling In America
Racial Profiling In America Research Paper
Benita F. Gooseberry
Class: Economics & Social change
Due date: December 13, 2014
Instructor: Dr. Alice Belcher, DD, MS, BS
Racial Profiling In America
Racial Profiling in America
Today, the majority of the world’s population still leaves on less than 2 dollars a day despite the adoption of capitalism. The most critical issues that still exist are racism, unemployment, and poverty. According to Dowd (2000), economics is not value-free. While capitalism aims at expanding new products, developing technologies, and establishing new markets, it has resulted to adverse negative effects. To achieve this, there has been constant exploitation of resources, which with the help of technologies …show more content…
However, most of his policies and ideas, such as the establishment of new health systems, have been met with great opposition. He is one of the black individuals to have received discriminatory or racial sentiments. Despite the reports and statistics indicating a reduced level of racial profiling, this is still the issue in America. It is clear that with increase of racial profiling, capitalism and economics in general are affected negatively as this tends to deny most individuals an opportunity to be productive.
References
Amnesty International (2004). Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, Domestic Security, and Human Rights in the United States. Retrieved from http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/rp_report.pdf.
Dowd, D. (2000). Maturation: Global capitalism and neoclassical economics, 1850-1914. In capitalism and its economics: a critical history (4th ed.). 1, 76-86. London Sterling, Pluto Press.
Harison, F. (2012). Racial profiling, security, and human rights. Racial Profiling in US. 1(1), 1-9.
Johnson, K. R. (2010). How racial profiling in America became the law of the land: United States v. Brignoni-Ponce and Whren v. United States and the need for truly rebellious lawyering. The Georgetown Law Journal, 1(1),
Benita F. Gooseberry
Class: Economics & Social change
Due date: December 13, 2014
Instructor: Dr. Alice Belcher, DD, MS, BS
Racial Profiling In America
Racial Profiling in America
Today, the majority of the world’s population still leaves on less than 2 dollars a day despite the adoption of capitalism. The most critical issues that still exist are racism, unemployment, and poverty. According to Dowd (2000), economics is not value-free. While capitalism aims at expanding new products, developing technologies, and establishing new markets, it has resulted to adverse negative effects. To achieve this, there has been constant exploitation of resources, which with the help of technologies …show more content…
However, most of his policies and ideas, such as the establishment of new health systems, have been met with great opposition. He is one of the black individuals to have received discriminatory or racial sentiments. Despite the reports and statistics indicating a reduced level of racial profiling, this is still the issue in America. It is clear that with increase of racial profiling, capitalism and economics in general are affected negatively as this tends to deny most individuals an opportunity to be productive.
References
Amnesty International (2004). Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, Domestic Security, and Human Rights in the United States. Retrieved from http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/rp_report.pdf.
Dowd, D. (2000). Maturation: Global capitalism and neoclassical economics, 1850-1914. In capitalism and its economics: a critical history (4th ed.). 1, 76-86. London Sterling, Pluto Press.
Harison, F. (2012). Racial profiling, security, and human rights. Racial Profiling in US. 1(1), 1-9.
Johnson, K. R. (2010). How racial profiling in America became the law of the land: United States v. Brignoni-Ponce and Whren v. United States and the need for truly rebellious lawyering. The Georgetown Law Journal, 1(1),