Racial Profiling

From our Blog: Anonymous Voice

A big problem in our society right now is racial profiling. You may ask yourself, "what is racial profiling?" Well, racial profiling is when someone makes a judgment about someone else depending on their race. This is something common today. Every race makes a judgment of another race. It happens everywhere.

A police man can make a judgment about someone. For example, a police man is white and he sees a Latino driving. Even though the Latino is driving at the correct speed limit, the cop suddenly makes a judgment or just because he is racist he pulls him over. That is an example of racial profiling and it is realistic. Yet, it does not have to be a white officer and a Latino. It happens with all races.

Racial profiling started decades ago and it still remains common. Back in the 60's racism was more direct. African-Americans suffered more than any other race that lived in America. Whites used to be very cruel to them. People have no right to judge any person just because of the color of their skin.

In the 60's when hippies were new, they got judged, not because of their race or their color of skin, but how they acted, how they dressed, how they thought and how they looked. I think racial profiling doesn't always have to do with race or racism. Racism is judging someone by their color of skin. Hippies were judged, but that does not mean a certain hippie was judged just by his/her color of skin. People from many different races were hippies and considered part of the counter culture.

We can all fall in making a judgment of someone that we don't now deeply. Racial profiling is finally going away, but slowly. We should all think before making a judgment about someone. being racist can produce hate and get rid of peace and love. Finally, racial profiling can happen any where any time and to any one.