Kylie Miller

Mrs. Di Somma

Exp Read/Write, Period 2

18 October 2016

Achromatic

If racial profiling is to continue in this nation meant to unite not divide, we the people will have let

down the most important right given to every citizen of this country-freedom. The aspects of

where we emanate from now has become a way of living in modern culture. Color of skin

matters more than who you are or what you have done. Our judgement taking control of

situations we can barely comprehend to be real as to what we feel is right ignoring how it may

be wrong. Our countrys people who were placed under a document created to make the rightful

agreement that all men are created equal, made over two hundred forty years ago from now

and we still struggle to see that everyone is in fact equal.

When recognizing the term racial profiling we tend to think of ethnicity, but ... the first things to

notice about what is termed racial profiling is that it is not so much racial, but rather color

profiling (Corlett). We notice more in the news of the difference between white and black

Americans who are being pulled over in cars or stopped on the sidewalk with the judgment

based on skin tone. Looking at the comparison between different racial labels while driving,

African American and Latino drivers are nearly twice as likely as white drivers to be asked

during a routine traffic stop for consent to have their car searched. Yet white motorists are 49%

more likely than African American motorists to have contraband discovered during a consent

search by law enforcement, and 56% more likely when compared to Latinos (Makarechi). To be

noticed by the appearance by color of skin labelling to a specific category under suspicious or
even troubling is not a valid reason. If they are indeed presenting an act against the law it is

agreeable as to why a police member can ask those involved to stop what they are doing or

even promote an arrest. However, if any member from another race is judged by their skin tone

that is not causing an illegal act, that is racial cruelty from thoughts judging before knowing.

Our rights as Americans state our legal rights for our freedom as citizens, however, ... the

history of race relations in the US, particularly between law enforcement and various ethnic

groups, is fraught with racist incidents (Corlett). Throughout history it can be seen that law

enforcement does indulge in ruthless acts against non-minorities when dealing with a suspect

for an illegal action, now recently has brought many to video recordings for proof against the

disagreement of how our nations protectors wont protect everyone. Yet visual evidence still

does not appeal to everyone for those in favor of the police retaliate they are just, doing their

job. In those for defense against law enforcement just doing their job, evidence of a significant

bias in the killing of unarmed black Americans relative to unarmed white Americans, in that the

probability of being black, unarmed, and shot by police is about 3.49 times the probability of

being white, unarmed, and shot by police on average (Makarechi). The issue seen by many is

the questionable actions of those who are to be protecting the country do not see the difference

between suspicious and dangerous. Law enforcement has been the main focus due to the

deaths of many African American lives including other ethnical groups in the United States. The

lives of many lost by walking along the street with a hood up, selling music on the corner of a

street, and even just walking down the street at nighttime in a neighborhood have been the

excuses for many police officers as to why our country now suffers the lost lives of fathers,

mothers, and children. The dangers of Walking While Black/Brown has now become a

nationwide dilemma for now, At least 70 departments scattered from Connecticut to California

arrested black people at a rate 10 times higher than people who are not black, (Heath). If our
police are to serve and protect the citizens of America, then they are to treat everyone the same

whether the person involved being within the minority or not.

The vicious acts of racial profiling needs to cease. Not one race is better than the other, just as

not one man is perfect over everyone else. We are all different for no one is to be placed in a

higher position due to supremacy. If we cut our skin past the flesh, we all bleed the same color.

There should not be judgment of skin color for anything.

Miller

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Corlett, J. Angelo. Racial Profiling. Springer, 1 September 2001, Accessed 1 October 2001,

DOI: 10.1007/s10892-010-9093-8

Makarechi, Kia. What the Data Really Says About Police and Racial Bias. Vanity Fair, July

14, 2016, 3:09 PM, Web.

Heath, Brad. Racial gap in U.S. arrest rates: Staggering disparity. USA Today, 2:24 pm

EST November 19, 2014, Web.