Racial Profiling

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• Racial Profiling
• Vs.
• Human Rights
• Alvaro Omar Larrama
• Honors Colloquium
• May 3, 2007

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Research Paper

• The topic I chose is racial profiling
• My main reason is my experience with it
• This research expanded my knowledge
• Found research that supported my thesis

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The Root of Racial Profiling
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History of Racism

• Ancient Empires
• Holocaust
• Slave Trade
• Colonial Times
• Darfur

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Statistical Evidence

• out of every three traffic stops two are more
  than likely to be blacks and out of that third
  left over the chance of it being a minority is
  37
• David A. Harris

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Rodney King
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Statistical Evidence

• Out of every 1,000 traffic stops involving
  Caucasians they have a 21 chance of being
  detained meanwhile out of every 1,000 traffic
  stops involving African Americans they have a 47
  chance of being detained.
• Kenneth
  J. Novak

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Statistical Evidence

• Out of these detainees only 18 were actually
  found guilty of a traffic violation.
• Kenneth J.
  Novak

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The of Racial Profiling

• Racial Profiling is prohibited according to the
  Universal Declaration of Human Rights documents
• Too common a big problem
• Keeps the people out of political power
• Fueled by the media
• Now Racial Profiling is almost commercial

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Very Common and Commercial
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9/11 Attacks

• Muslims and Arabs are being racially profiled at
  extremely high rates globally
• Governments way to contradict the UDHR documents
  without being held accountable
• Homeland security creates an international color
  coded alert system
• Airport security also tightens because of the
  attacks and uses some racial profiling practices
  to search passengers

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Homeland Security
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Cycle of Repetition
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Solution

• Uniting and educating the public about our human
  rights and our power
• Changing the image of manhood positively
  specifically in minority communities
• Holding the Criminal Justice System and the
  government accountable for racial tactics taught
  and used within their training
• Stopping the Cycle of Repetition will end Racial
  Profiling