Racial Profiling
Against Racial Profiling and/or other forms of profiling in dealing with security and immigration issues.
Group Members: Shay, Bryce, Brandon, Ariana
Opening Argument
Main Argument:
Racial profiling is defined as the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin by the American civil Liberties union. How can something that…
Racial profiling violates our constitutional rights as Citizens
Causes humiliation towards innocent people
Causes the rate of crime to increase in both ethnic groups and white groups
Is being overused and in return is hurting specific groups of people
Distracts law enforcements and prevents them from serving the entire community
Trusting our law enforcement has proven to be ineffective
Racial Profiling is morally wrong
Point 1- (Ariana) Racial profiling violates our constitutional rights as Citizens Our nation has been founded on the notion that all men are equal and should be treated as such. The Fourteenth Amendment explains that no state may “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Racial profiling is a clear violation of these rights as it isolates specific groups of people according to their ethnicity.
Point 2- (Bryce) Racial profiling causes humiliation towards innocent people
Ethnicity does not cause crime and this assumption causes unneeded discomfort to ethnically diverse people or people who choose to follow a specific religion. A law abiding citizen of the United States should not be treated any differently because of their religion or nationality.
Sub Point- (Brandon) In Airports especially, Arabs are alienated and immediately suspected to be involved in criminal activity, therefore they generally are given a more rigorous search. After the incident of 9/11 many innocent Americans of Middle Eastern decent were detained because they had the same name as a
Group Members: Shay, Bryce, Brandon, Ariana
Opening Argument
Main Argument:
Racial profiling is defined as the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin by the American civil Liberties union. How can something that…
Racial profiling violates our constitutional rights as Citizens
Causes humiliation towards innocent people
Causes the rate of crime to increase in both ethnic groups and white groups
Is being overused and in return is hurting specific groups of people
Distracts law enforcements and prevents them from serving the entire community
Trusting our law enforcement has proven to be ineffective
Racial Profiling is morally wrong
Point 1- (Ariana) Racial profiling violates our constitutional rights as Citizens Our nation has been founded on the notion that all men are equal and should be treated as such. The Fourteenth Amendment explains that no state may “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Racial profiling is a clear violation of these rights as it isolates specific groups of people according to their ethnicity.
Point 2- (Bryce) Racial profiling causes humiliation towards innocent people
Ethnicity does not cause crime and this assumption causes unneeded discomfort to ethnically diverse people or people who choose to follow a specific religion. A law abiding citizen of the United States should not be treated any differently because of their religion or nationality.
Sub Point- (Brandon) In Airports especially, Arabs are alienated and immediately suspected to be involved in criminal activity, therefore they generally are given a more rigorous search. After the incident of 9/11 many innocent Americans of Middle Eastern decent were detained because they had the same name as a