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Racial Profiling and Inequality in the US
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Daniel Sellers December 15, 2004 Racial Profiling and Inequality in the US for Dr. Suzanne Wilson S/A 235 Social Inequality Racial profiling can result in low self-esteem, fear or hatred of authoritie,s and a feeling in the minority community of being targeted by the powers that be. (Chowdhury, 2004) In September of 2004, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released a report that estimated that there are currently 32 million victims of racial profiling living in the US, and that 87 million individuals are at-risk of becoming victims of this "human rights violation." The End Racial Profiling Act of 2004 defines racial profiling as "the practice of a law enforcement agent relying, to any degree, on race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin in selecting which individuals to subject to routine or spontaneous investigations" (States News Service, 2004). Hardly considered a topic for scholarly discussion fifteen years ago, the matter of racial profiling has been brought to the forefront of...
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