What Is Racial Profiling Wrong
For as long as one can remember, racial profiling has been considers a major issue between enforcement and citizens in general. Racial profiling is the act of suspecting or targeting a person on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin. Most often when people think about racial profiling, they think of police brutality, which is wrong. The idea of racial profiling should be acceptable as long as no one is being harmed and there is no racism involved. People are convinced that racial profiling is unfair, but moreover everyone is a victim, no mater where you come from. Racial profiling is known among enforcement’s and sometimes ends with police brutality. Although it is wrong to put someone through brutality
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Racial profiling, stereotypes, and racism sometimes can be mixed up to have the same meaning. Although they might be associated with each other, they are not the same. When police brutality occurs, racial profiling is not at fault. Yes, it can be seen as an officer abusing their authority, but it is mainly based on fear, hatred, or racism. By not accepting racial profiling, not only is it putting more people at harm amongst themselves, but also it does not do anything about police brutality. The best way to eliminate police brutality is by having serious consequences for those officers who abuse their authority due to fear, hatred, or racism in order to demonstrate it is …show more content…
The reason for it being seen negatively, is because of the police brutality, which is not based on racial profiling and instead on racism. Racial profiling should be accepted in order to provide protection to everyone. It should only be used when trying to protect the people and aggression should not be used unless there is proof or certainty. Overall, racial profiling does not have to be seen negative even when suspecting someone wrong and the best way to overcome it is to be polite and respectful without making wrong choices based on an individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national
Racial profiling, stereotypes, and racism sometimes can be mixed up to have the same meaning. Although they might be associated with each other, they are not the same. When police brutality occurs, racial profiling is not at fault. Yes, it can be seen as an officer abusing their authority, but it is mainly based on fear, hatred, or racism. By not accepting racial profiling, not only is it putting more people at harm amongst themselves, but also it does not do anything about police brutality. The best way to eliminate police brutality is by having serious consequences for those officers who abuse their authority due to fear, hatred, or racism in order to demonstrate it is …show more content…
The reason for it being seen negatively, is because of the police brutality, which is not based on racial profiling and instead on racism. Racial profiling should be accepted in order to provide protection to everyone. It should only be used when trying to protect the people and aggression should not be used unless there is proof or certainty. Overall, racial profiling does not have to be seen negative even when suspecting someone wrong and the best way to overcome it is to be polite and respectful without making wrong choices based on an individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national