Racial Profiling in America Lever Annabelle Table of

Racial Profiling in America (Lever, Annabelle)

Table of Contents 1. Reflection Paper 2. Racial Profiling in America 3. Statistics of Stops and Frisks of young men in NYC 4. Stops and Frisks Campaign 5. Lynchings in America 6. A Lynching in the Heartland 7. Summary 8. Bibliography (wordpress. com)

Reflection Paper Racial profiling in America has been a struggle for this country throughout history. I believe that racial profiling happens on a daily basis in America. It happens when someone gets pulled over, or when someone walks into a grocery story and is profiled as a suspicious character. I know that racial profiling is predominant in our society but what I would like to learn more about it how predominant it really is. I am also interested in the history of racial profiling and seeing how far we have come from the past. I am not sure if we really have come as far as we believe that we have.

Racial Profiling In America From the selected works of April J. Walker Racial profiling is a continuing problem with Law Enforcement in America. This article discusses this problem and its effects on society. One thing this article points out is that crime perpetrators are viewed as being black or hispanic while the victim is portrayed as being white. This is not the case. In reality, four fifths of violent crimes are interracial. This has not stopped racial profiling from happening. This article also states that “despite the social and economical progress of African. Americans over the past fifty years, Americans continue to live in a country where racial inequality is the norm. ” (Walker, April J)

Stops and Frisks of Young Men in NYC (Strasser, Annie-Rose) Stops By Race NYC Demographics

Stop and Frisks Campaign: About the Issue The NYPS’s stop and frisk practices are raising concerns about racial profiling The police department’s own reports show that officers are stopping hundreds of thousands of Law abiding New Yorkers every year, majority of them are black and Latino. Nearly nine out of ten New Yorkers stopped and frisked are innocent, according to the NYPD’s own report. (NYCLU)

Lynching In America between 1882 -1968 (Lynching Statistics)

A Lynching in the Heartland By James H. Madison A lynching in the Heartland is a book around a historic lynching that happened in Marion Indiana in 1930. This book is a great example of racial profiling in America. Lynchings were typically done because a black man was arrested for a crime against a white male or female. This crime enraged the communities and caused lynch mobs to happen. These black men who were arrested for these crimes were never given the chance to have a trial. The mobs decided they were guilty and they punished them for it. The interesting thing about this is that if a black man was arrested for an crime committed against another black man or women they were not lynched, they were allowed a trial.

Summary Racial profiling is still an issue we battle in America Crimes perpetrators are portrayed as black or hispanic while the victim is portrayed as white Fourth fifths of violent crimes are interracial The NYPD reports stopping and frisking black and hispanic New Yorkers more than white citizens. Nine out of ten New Yorkers stopped are innocent Lynchings happened in American due to racial profiling.

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