Értékelés:
Kiadva: 08.05.2002.
Nyelv : Angol
Szint: Középiskola
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  • Esszék 'Racial Profiling ', 1.
  • Esszék 'Racial Profiling ', 2.
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Racial profiling has been a very heated issue from past few years. Race and location are the dominant characteristics authorities look at when engaging in this type of profiling. The undeniable pattern of race-based stops by police is a dilemma that millions of African-American and Latino-American motorists regularly encounter on this country's highways. This phenomenon has been sardonically dubbed as "being pulled over for "DWB" (Driving While Black or Brown). This play on words of DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) refers to the commonly employed police practice of using an alleged traffic violation as a pretext to stop any black or Hispanic motorist they suspect of being involved in criminal activity unrelated to driving. These officers have no legal cause for carrying out the stop besides enforcing traffic regulations. Being subjected to a DWB stop is, according to House Representative John Conyers Jr., "an experience that virtually every African-American male has been subjected to." (American Civil Liberties Union online).
However, when someone says that there is a difference between white and black people, everyone is afraid they may offend someone, or come across as a racist. …

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