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Racial Profiling Minorities
For centuries, minorities have been treated as inferior to the white race. Many white people believe that they are the superior race and tend to discriminate against minorities because of that. The cultural history of African Americans seems to make people believe that they are connected with bad actions. This is why racial profiling exists in society and police seem to target them along with other minorities. Power and privilege have a huge impact in shaping police protocol on using excessive force on minorities because police have the ability to abuse their power and have the privilege to use their police protocol as the excuse. There have been numerous cases when a police officer has shot a person even if they weren’t an actual threat.

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