Racial Profiling Survival

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“Racial Profiling : A Matter of Survival” by Michelle Malkins introduces the notion that racially profiling a person based on their race, their gender, or by what they are wearing could help keep our nation safe and lower crime rates in certain areas if we take the right precautions. The main races that are targeted the most are Muslims, who are stereotyped as terrorists, blacks, who are stereotyped as criminals and latinos, seen as illegal immigrants by many. There is a title to certain groups of people when in reality there should not be because we are all the same people.
Unlike Malkin's, I don't believe every Muslim can be seen as a terrorist because of past events like September 11, 2001. Although more precautions should have been taken back then, it is not necessary to racially profile someone because of past events. “If the FBI had taken William's advice, the feeling of some Arabs and Muslims might have been hurt. But the Twin Towers might still be standing and 3,000 innocent people might be alive today” (Malkin's, 9). By agreeing with Malkin's, you're …show more content…
They might also argue that it will better our country and help get rid of the so called “immigrants , terrorist and murderers that are living their everyday lives peacefully to make sure that all the crime stops and we have less bombings, less people getting killed and less people from another state coming here and take over our jobs and land that don't even know how to speak the right language” In “ Racial Profiling in L.A. : The numbers don't lie” by Ian Ayres, Ayres states “For every 10,00 residents , about 3,400 more black people are stopped than whites, and 360 more latinos are stopped than whites. Stopped blacks are 127% more likely to be frisked and stopped latinos are 43% more like to be frisked than whites “ Policeman are racially profiling and they are there not doing it in a smart

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