You say racial profiling is wrong... even when their are other factors (such as one way ticket etc) what you describe is still racial profiling.... the others are other types of profiling.... buying a one way time for example is ticket profiling.... flying alone is another form of profiling...
So you saying its okay to profile racially so long as other forms of profiling are included in the assessment. I think it's wrong altogether... it make officials include race in their assessment of potential criminals (for example... police officer: "... he looks like an Arab... should we question him...") ... after a while, this becomes standard... then the general perception that Arabs are criminals develops (although Hollywood also already done a stirling job of forming that perception in the last 20 years). Put yourself in their shoes... just imagine you are a successful middle eastern male business man. Pre 9-11 you could mostly go where you pleased without harassment, now post 9-11 you become everybody's posterboy for terrorism, being stopped regularly at airports, having fellow passengers eye you suspiciously, being delayed for 'security checks'... all because of the color of your skin. Most white folks would say "just deal with it... it's for everyone's safely ... no big deal..." but just imagine how that feels for these people...to be a suspect because of the color of your skin. Hey... maybe nothing has changed... they have been doing that to African Americans for some time... only now the media has come up with a new (pc) buzz word 'racial profiling'... sounds like 'collateral damage' or 'friendly fire' or 'post traumatic stress disorder'. A word that is used to create a positive response from the public to an activity that involves unjust treatment of people. Once the middle class white American public accept 'racial profiling' as a concept and condone the police employing it doesn't that take us towards a more racist society rather than away from racism? It's judging people by the color of their skin. Most people who say that racial profiling is acceptable (even if combined with other forms of 'profiling') obviously haven't experienced any kind of racism directed towards them). This is just another form of institutional racism however innocent it may be dressed. Benjamin ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 8:04 PM Subject: RE: We are in big trouble > OK, I'll weigh in now ... > > First, racial profiling is wrong. Racial profiling is the practice of > detaining a person merely because of their race. > > It is not racial profiling, however, to detain, for example, an Arab-looking > guy who has bought a one-way ticket, paid cash, is flying first class, and > is flying seemingly by himself. This fits a known pattern. > > In other words, there needs to be other evidence besides his race. > > As for the SS guy -- he was Arab looking, he was flying by himself in first > class. > > I can see some initial suspicion, but it's ludicrous that it went further > than that and if I were him, I'd sue as well. > > -- > He carried a badge and other identification. > > -- > His ticket was clearly marked as paid for by the federal government > > -- > He provided a phone number to verify his credentials -- a number that > the Airline never called. > > There is no sound reason for the pilot to behave belligerently and delay the > flight for 90 minutes. This matter should have been cleared up in five > minutes tops. > > H. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
