attention across the country. The controversy regarding "racial profiling" has centered on police departments’ practices related to traffic stopsexamining whether police have targeted drivers based on their race or ethnicity. Significant anecdotal evidence has suggested that some departments may be treating drivers of some races or ethnicities differently than white drivers. Parties using multiple definitions have complicated the debate over racial profiling. Variation among these definitions means that
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Racial Profiling Ariyana Woods Professor D English 1020 February 13‚ 2013 Ariyana Woods Professor D English 1020 13 February 2013 Racial Profiling In the 21st Century Racial profiling is a big issue. Many people have been victimized because of cops and other high authorities’ senseless attitudes on how to handle the law. What people have to realize is that racial profiling does happen to innocent people who are mostly targeted or pursued because of their race or sometimes even because
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The idea of racial microaggressions has been around since the 1970s‚ you may not know any extremists‚ you think “I don’t hate black people‚ so I’m not racist”‚ but you benefit from discrimination. There are certain privileges and opportunities you have that you do not even realize since you have not been deprived in certain ways. Racial microaggressions are a type of perceived racism. They are more subtle and ambiguous than the more hostile or explicit expressions of racism‚ such as racial discrimination
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gained some formal standards for the black race. Although at the framing of the Constitution‚ blacks were not given the regard as citizens or even whole people‚ time progressed and gave way to opportunities to acquire legal aid in the crusade for racial equality. With the ability to utilize the court system‚ its formalities‚ and ultimately its power to enact national laws‚ blacks were able to win civil rights litigations‚ thus making advancements as a race. Black American ’s allegiance to the
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Racial Disparities in America’s Judicial System The mandatory imprisonment policies written for the judicial system are creating disparity of minority inmate population primarily due to non-violent drug crimes and the unjust mandatory minimum sentencing laws. America’s prisons are the most populated in the world‚ and they are disproportionately populated by minorities due to the set of mandatory imprisonment policies set in place. Over the past five decades‚ the disparity between races has widened
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Six days after Hurricane Ike made landfall‚ Texas experienced the largest blackout in history of the state. Hurricane Ike took place in September of 2008. The Gulf of Mexico‚ Texas‚ and Arkansas were all affected by Ike. Hurricanes can be extremely dangerous and cause large amounts of damage. Hurricanes can form very quickly and destroy communities in only a few days. Hurricanes are caused by warm‚ moist air being present over the ocean. The air rises up near the surface. The warm air rises so there
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Rong Gao Gao #1 Elizabeth Kim English 9 am - 10:30 am Date: July 12th‚ 2012 Summary of Racial Formation (By: Omi and Winant) In "Racial Formation". The author stated that Race is a racial formation. In 1982‚ a hypo-descent called Susie Guillory Phipps sued the Louisiana Bureau of Vital Records to change her racial classification from black to white. Unfortunately she lost‚ base on the 1970 state law‚ anyone with at least on-thirty-second "Negro blood" are consider black
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Racial Profiling is a longstanding predicament that’s been going on for a long period of time. In “Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples‚ he shares his own personal experience when he encounters a young woman walking in front of him‚ yet he did not show any threat to the young woman. She reacted timidly that speeds up her pace and began to run away of what she thought was a mugger/ rapist. The author uses a number of rhetorical strategies in the essay such as personal experience‚ imagery and
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as “A Tragedy of Character” “Tragedy of Othello/ The Moor of Venice” is a typical of classical tragedy and is regarded as the greatest work of William Shakespeare by many critics. While writing his play in 1604‚ Shakespeare adapted the story from Italian author Cynthio’s novella called Hecatammithi which was written in 1565. In order to bring a comment on play’s being “a tragedy of character” it’s necessary to emphasize on these points: general characteristics of classical tragedy‚ “Tragedy of Othello”
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Joe Burgess Mr. Jason Kirker Eng.120H 10 December 20121 Hidden Issues: The Healthcare Infrastructure of Post-Katrina New Orleans When Hurricane Katrina struck the city of New Orleans in August of 2005‚ the physical damage that the storm caused was easily seen. Mass flooding led to the destruction of many homes and famous landmarks. In an attempt to get out of the way of the storm’s path‚ many citizens fled the city in the days before the storm. Some‚ though‚ for various reasons‚ did not
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