Have you ever been a victim of racial profiling?
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No
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Just to note: we are all the same race in reality. The concept of different human races is a social construct (we made it up). ----- I support profiling; however I think random checks are also necessary. People who are more likely to be searched must be treated with dignity and respect... and to help curb racism/persecution, the security forces must be under stringent observation.
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It's a tool, like a screwdriver. Profiling can be a useful tool for law enforcement. However, when that tool is used to generalize,predict or assume behavior based on solely demographic information, you're just stabbing that screwdriver in your eye. You are blinding yourself. As far as I know I have never been a "victim" of profiling, except possibly in a favorable way - perhaps I was EXCLUDED as a suspect at some point in time because I'm a white, middle aged female who doesn't live beyond her means. Apparently people who meet that description are profiled as low probability for a criminal lifestyle.
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I don't have a strong opinion, because there are both unarguable benefits of racial profiling, and unarguable negatively discriminating effects as well. There's no use debating the issue. However, as a 17 year-old long-haired Caucazoid, with negative cleavage, people do see fit to profile me, hence I am unemployed.
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As a 23 year old brown faced asian male with a muslim name I find myself being in that little group most likely to be profiled in today's sad world. The problem with profiling is that it is an open door to being abused by those who don't have such positive goals as security and instead use it to pursue discrimination. Funnily enough, however, I was in an airport recently and the five people in front of me had their shoes put through the scanner and proper body searches.... I was simply nodded through with a smile. Maybe there IS profiling.... so confused!
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yes, but in an opposite way. just because i am a korean women people always assume that i am good at math and an A+ student. also, they always assume i am only up to good and that i could do no wrong. i've gotten away with a lot of stuff just because of this sort or racial profiling. i guess when you are a cop or some kind of authority figure and all you study are statistics by ethnicity - you familiarize yourself with people that could become a threat. it's understandable at the same time it's wrong.
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Yes i have.. one day me and my boyfriend were in the parking lot at night(we are black) this lady was in her car.. when we walked by i heard her lock her doors as if we were going to 'jack' her or something.. that made me upset.
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Profiling, whether racial or otherwise, has value in some circumstances. For instance, if little, red-headed grandmas were blowing up planes, I would not be offended if the security took a little extra time with me. It would be for my protection as well as everyone elses. It must be done with respect and sensitivity, but if there is a certain group causing trouble in an area, it only makes sense to pay a little closer attention.
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I think it is very closed minded and that many people who do so are very ignorant. If they are educated and still do this, they are just racist. A person cannot be judged by the color of his or her skin!
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It has value I think - but only so far. People are raised within a culture and within that culture you can make certain generalisations about certain attitudes, outlooks, reponses, behaviours and so on. Only generalisations though - you might find "indications" or "tendencies". Of course, in the hands of a racist, profiling would simply become a tool to promote prejudice.
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