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Understanding Race
Understanding Race
SOC 001
Racial profiling is when a police officers initiates action based upon race or
profiling. Reportedly, the 18-year-old boy stole cigarettes from a convenience store
in Ferguson, Missouri. The police officer arrived on the scene after receiving a call.
The police officer ran into likely suspects. Michael Brown was unarmed and was
shot 6 times. Racial profiling happens all across America. I have been the victim of
racial profiling in department stores. When I turned 21, I wanted to buy myself a gift
for my birthday. I went to the Louis Vuitton store to purchase a wallet I had been
researching for weeks. When I walked into the store, the store clerk followed me
around. All of the supplies at this store were behind the glass. Eventually, he walked
away. I asked another clerk to help me purchase my wallet. I felt like I stole
something when the clerk was following me around the store. Racial profiling is also
used among Arab groups because of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. They receive racial
profiling at airports. Contact hypothesis can help because we are co-operating for
one common goal. If police officers view all citizens as individuals and equals, then
Prejudice, racism, and the color-blind system are all practices used
address the issue at hand. How can we address the issue when some people dont
believe that racism exists? Some groups judge other groups based upon standards of
their own. How can one succeed when there are systems of inequality?
The social construction of race is based upon the stereotypes and races of
how races are typically portrayed. Race is not biologically identifiable. You dont
have to look like what mass media or what society says to be apart of that culture.
interactionist, race can provide a strong symbol of identity. If Sally never met a
Mexican-American, she might use the symbols portrayed in movies to identify with
Jose.
Americans. Despite the past prejudice of being thrown into interment camps during
World War II, Asian Americans have succeeded. The advantage is that they are
striving as a whole group. The disadvantage is that they are all being grouped