Racial Profiling And Hate Crimes

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Racial Profiling & Hate Crimes. Hate crimes and racial profiling happens everywhere. It affects communities throughout the country. Incidents occur all the time where racial, ethnic, religious and sexual minorities have become victims of these both. Racial profiling and hate crimes are based on stereotypes of a group of people or an individual person. Racial profiling happens when a person’s race, ethnicity, sexuality or religion is used by law enforcement as a base for criminal suspicion. Hate crimes are when a person is targeted because of his or her race, sexuality, religion etc. Hate crimes can be actions against a group of people or an individual, they can be verbal attacks or physical attacks. Either way, it is against the law. What is the difference between racial profiling and hate crimes? Hate crimes are a crime against a person, whereas racial profiling is practiced in some law enforcements, and is not considered illegal. I personally believe that racial profiling is a violation of our human rights and freedoms, which everyone is entitled to. What racial profiling does is not protect us, but I believe it endangers us more. If police, airport security or any other form of enforcement are looking for someone that “fits the profile”, they could be letting people, that may not necessarily “fit the profile,” walk right on by, when he or she could be an eminent danger. You can’t put a whole race, religion, or ethnic group into one big category and assume that they all are a threat. Everyone should be treated with equality, and not based on what their background is. I also think that racial profiling encourages hatred between races. After September 11th our country seemed to be coming together in national unity, but underneath it all, discrimination towards minorities began to surface, and everyone of middle-eastern decent was looked at as a terrorist,

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