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Unaware Judgment
Racial profiling stems from the generalizations that people have regarding the crimes that certain races, mostly minority groups, are believed to be more likely to commit. Although law enforcement largely states that there is no such thing as racial profiling, specific circumstances and experiences seem to prove this statement wrong. Many minority people, but largely black and Hispanic groups, have suffered due to racism in society and also racial profiling in the law enforcement that they are supposed to trust and support. Racial profiling stems from the racism and mislead beliefs that some individuals have about certain races of people. Racism is at the very root of the problem that we call racial profiling.
Racial profiling is largely seen on the highways, where police officers and general law enforcement are sometimes more likely to pull over a minority driver rather than a Caucasian person to see if that person has committed a crime or is somehow doing something illegal. ... Another place that racial profiling is seen is in communities of a certain race. Police that practice racial profiling are more likely to stop a black man driving a nice car through a white neighborhood, having the racist mentality that the black man must have somehow broken the
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law to be there. This said, racial profiling is also seen in other areas, such as on the streets where drug dealers and general criminals are known to be, and in neighborhoods where crimes are often committed and conflict frequently arises.
There is no way to completely erase racial profiling from the legal system without first understanding it completely, and second, wanting to change the system for the better.
Approximate Word count = 1393
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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