Ethnic-Based Profiling, profiling, racial profiling, national security, violation, justice, Roosevelt, victims, Japanese Americans, African Americans, diversity, method of security, harassment, physical attacks, racial discrimination, racial bias, minority groups, Hispanic Americans
The profiling of race or ethnicity appears to be an inadequate and inappropriate practice that harms the core values of equality, justice, and human rights. Despite the propaganda that it is a must for national security, racial profiling has failed; we usually find that it produces fake negatives, which, in the end, cause confusion rather than professionally solving the problem. In addition, racial profiling has the effect of entrenching unfavorable stereotypes, besides creating an atmosphere of intimidation and mistrust in the community. It ultimately breaks the relationship between law enforcement agencies and the served public. To maintain the principles of good justice and equality, the use of profiling and methods based on mere race needs to be entirely rejected, and instead, well grounded, community-centered policies to ensure both public safety and fairness should take their place.
[...] It enhances discrimination and mistrust among members of the community. Significant and multitude of negative consequences may come up and impact individuals and communities equally if compulsory use of racial profiling is allowed. There is a whole set of psychological harm that racially profiled individuals go through, including those who have their levels of anxiety, stress, and fear correspondingly heightened. The clashing of societal backgrounds and prejudices, as manifested directly by experiences of racism and ethnic discrimination, can be the source of an omnipresent atmosphere of uncertainty and weakness for individuals in multicultural societies. [...]
[...] This causes the embedded circle to repeat itself, which is very hard to go beyond. Moreover, using racial profiling as a method of law enforcement leads to a destruction of trust between communities and the agencies to which they appeal for protection. When people feel persecuted and discriminated against for being kept on the edge by the police, they are less willing to help the police with investigations. They are reluctant to report crimes, which leads to the inefficiency of the police in its task of protecting public safety. [...]
[...] Thus, Asian Americans throughout the United States emphasized in greater frequency that they witnessed a dangerous rise in verbal harassment, physical attacks, and cases of racial discrimination in public (FRA - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights). This trauma not only caused lasting agony but also led Asians in American communities to live in perpetual fear, mistrust, and intense aggravation of their social and mental conditions. The discrimination that Asian American people faced could not only make them feel hurt personally but also had an influence on the Asian American community. [...]
[...] Therefore, they have become terrified and unstable in their communities. Such groups as Middle Eastern Americans, Palestinian Americans, or even Muslim Americans are usually under the radar of increased scrutiny and surveillance, especially when the September 11 events happen or something similar to this has occurred (Aitchison 604). Those same discriminatory incidents not only violate the rights of individuals but also undermine trust in law enforcement and distort the justice system badly to the extent that it only results in a culture of fear and mistrust prevailing in minority communities. [...]
[...] Towards More Effective Policing Understanding and Preventing Discriminatory Ethnic Profi Ling: A Guide fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/1133-Guide-ethnic-profiling_EN.pdf. Aitchison, G. (2023). Border-Crossing: Immigration law, racism, and justified resistance. Political Studies, 71(3), 597-615. Gee, Gilbert C., and Chandra L. Ford. "Structural Racism and Health Inequities Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, vol no Apr pp. [...]
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