This past week we've learned a lot about the discrepancies of racial profiling. It has become apparent to me that this is a very big issue in America today then many of us would think, and it is something that needs to be stopped. I believe that people make very poor judgments based on stereotypes which leads to racial profiling, then ultimately leads to hate crimes committed against other races. It is a very sad truth about this country and it's time for change.
In the articles I read that were pro-racial profiling, they argued that profiling makes communities safer and it drops the crime rate dramatically by using stereotypes and race as a tool to find criminals. According to the article it was a "common sense approach" to find criminals. They also argue that the individual police officer makes mental judgements on people based on what they look like and usually make stops if its a shady person to insure public safety.
The articles that were against racial profiling argue that it does not make the country safer but rather unsafe. During the height of the Iraq war, airports were checking Muslims and other Arab people and bringing them to integrate for petty immigration laws and would sometimes make arrests for those petty crimes. The article argued by doing this makes the Arab world more enraged with the U.S. and hurts national security because Muslims that know something of Al-Quida are less willing to talk to autorities and gives the terrorists more time to plot another attack. If we want to protect our national security , we would need to solidify our relations with not only the Muslim world but every minority group so that America becomes the land of opportunity and freedom again, not a place that people should be afraid of.
If America wants to stop this pandemic, we as Americans need to realize the demoralizing effects of racial and ethnical profiling has on other people. I don't think anyone should have to worry about walking down the street and getting pulled up on by the police or not getting the same service that everyone else gets, this is a free country and will always be; but it shouldn't be free for only the few but for all.
