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Racial Profiling Institutional Racism Discrimination of African Americans Through Racial Profiling
RACIAL PROFILING
RACIAL PROFILING - Also Known as Institutional Racism, Discrimination and other African American, Asian, and Native American Prejudice
From the ACLU:
Is racial profiling real? Most Americans think so. A July 2001 Gallup poll reported that 55 percent of whites and 83 percent of blacks believe racial profiling is widespread. And the reports of thousands of racial and ethnic group members across the country add credibility to the perception that racial profiling is real.
These are stories from all walks of life, not just hardworking everyday people, but celebrities, professional athletes, and members of the military. Also, reports of racial profiling come from respected members of communities of color such as officers, prosecutors, judges, state legislators, lawyers, dentists and even representatives in Congress, who have been victims.
Tens of thousands of innocent drivers, pedestrians, and shoppers across the country are victims of racial profiling. And these discriminatory stops and searches have reached epidemic proportions in recent years - fueled by the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Terror" that have given officers a pretext to target people they think fit a "drug courier," "gang member," or "terrorist" profile. In fact, racial profiling is the first step in a long road that leads to the heavily disproportionate incarceration of people of color, especially young men, for drug-related crimes, and of Arabs, Muslims and South Asians for suspicion of terrorism. This despite the fact that people of color are no more likely than whites to use or sell drugs, and Arabs Muslims and South Asians are no more likely than whites to be terrorists.
It often involves the stopping and searching of people of color for traffic violations, known as "DWB" or "driving while black or brown." Although normally associated with African Americans and Latinos, racial profiling and "DWB" have also become shorthand phrases for police stops of Asians, Native Americans, and, increasingly after 9/11, Arabs, Muslims and South Asians.
That is why the Campaign Against Racial Profiling of the ACLU has made the eradication of racial profiling a top priority, and has undertaken major initiatives in public education, legislation and litigation, including our Arrest the Racism campaign, to end to discriminatory stops and searches. This special web-based campaign is designed to educate the public and enlist citizens in the fight to eliminate the cancer of racial profiling in America.
Learn more at http://www.aclu.org/racialjustice/racialprofiling/index.html
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