Racial Profiling Pros And Cons
Junyong Kim
Professor Natalie Oliveri
ENG 112
10/13/2010
Racial profiling Final draft
“Should the U.S government use racial profiling in the war against terrorism?” In today’s society, the issue of terrorism is not just a concern for some countries such as America or some Arabic countries but for all countries, and it is becoming more important that protecting own country from terrorism. Everyone probably remember the September 11 terror, which is one of the biggest attacks in recent few decades. Because of that the U.S government pays more attention to protect the country from terrorist attacks. In the process of preventing terrorism, the U.S. government focuses more on Arabic people, who committed the 9/11 attack, to find terrorists …show more content…
They believe that some tactics are not really racial profiling. The search for specific suspects is not racial profiling, but the search for people who belong to a general category is profiling (Clegg, Profiling Terrorist). In other words, it is not a problem if the police set standards to classify among terrorists’ characteristics including ethnic group, religion or age and apply those specific elements to find terrorists. John Ibbitson says the racial profiling is both necessary and desirable (“Why racial profiling is a good idea”). On the day of the 9/11 attacks, the guy whose name is strange and has dark skin persisted in taking flying lessons would have excited police suspicions. However, if a middle-aged European woman instead of the guy said that, it wouldn’t have been suspicious and police wouldn’t have taken it seriously. In “When Profiling Makes Sense,” Jonah Goldberg says the author compares racial profiling to a slot machine game: if everyone knew that one slot machine paid out 10 percent more often than any other, the line for that slot machine would be a lot longer than all the others - and not just 10 percent longer - because 10 percent is a very significant advantage. In other words, all Middle Easterners aren’t terrorists, but many terrorists in question are from the Middle East. That is why racial profiling is …show more content…
The fourth amendment guarantees individual’s right from unreasonable searches and seizures. In “Privacy Rights are at Issue in New Policy on Security,” Robert F. Worth says New York police began randomly searching bags at protests after the 9/11 attack. However, the New York Civil Liberties Union challenged the practice, and last summer a federal judge in Manhattan declared it unconstitutional. If people from the Middle East are under investigation for terrorism because of their ethnic group, religion, or race, it is clear that that investigation is a violation of the fourth amendment. Moreover, there is the risk that innocent people will be suspected and harassed when racial profiling is
Professor Natalie Oliveri
ENG 112
10/13/2010
Racial profiling Final draft
“Should the U.S government use racial profiling in the war against terrorism?” In today’s society, the issue of terrorism is not just a concern for some countries such as America or some Arabic countries but for all countries, and it is becoming more important that protecting own country from terrorism. Everyone probably remember the September 11 terror, which is one of the biggest attacks in recent few decades. Because of that the U.S government pays more attention to protect the country from terrorist attacks. In the process of preventing terrorism, the U.S. government focuses more on Arabic people, who committed the 9/11 attack, to find terrorists …show more content…
They believe that some tactics are not really racial profiling. The search for specific suspects is not racial profiling, but the search for people who belong to a general category is profiling (Clegg, Profiling Terrorist). In other words, it is not a problem if the police set standards to classify among terrorists’ characteristics including ethnic group, religion or age and apply those specific elements to find terrorists. John Ibbitson says the racial profiling is both necessary and desirable (“Why racial profiling is a good idea”). On the day of the 9/11 attacks, the guy whose name is strange and has dark skin persisted in taking flying lessons would have excited police suspicions. However, if a middle-aged European woman instead of the guy said that, it wouldn’t have been suspicious and police wouldn’t have taken it seriously. In “When Profiling Makes Sense,” Jonah Goldberg says the author compares racial profiling to a slot machine game: if everyone knew that one slot machine paid out 10 percent more often than any other, the line for that slot machine would be a lot longer than all the others - and not just 10 percent longer - because 10 percent is a very significant advantage. In other words, all Middle Easterners aren’t terrorists, but many terrorists in question are from the Middle East. That is why racial profiling is …show more content…
The fourth amendment guarantees individual’s right from unreasonable searches and seizures. In “Privacy Rights are at Issue in New Policy on Security,” Robert F. Worth says New York police began randomly searching bags at protests after the 9/11 attack. However, the New York Civil Liberties Union challenged the practice, and last summer a federal judge in Manhattan declared it unconstitutional. If people from the Middle East are under investigation for terrorism because of their ethnic group, religion, or race, it is clear that that investigation is a violation of the fourth amendment. Moreover, there is the risk that innocent people will be suspected and harassed when racial profiling is