racial profiling

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celticeagle @celticeagle (189831) • Boise, Idaho 8 Nov 24

Guess who is saying there is no price tag on the mass deportation he has planned? One of the first things Trump wants to do when he gets into office is to orchestrate a mass deportation of illegal immigrants. He wants to make the...

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Neighborhood Watch?

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 11 Dec 12

Got a text from Tony today. He was over at my place using the computer when the police showed up at the door. One of the neighbors called them and said he had broken in. With a key? Really? Well, they had a chat, and he...

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profiling and prejudus

2004cqui @2004cqui (2812) • United States 11 Nov 10

I was just talking to a friend of mine who is very successful. I was talking about my "big preach" smart people come in all sizes, shapes, colors and ages. He just said he wished everyone thought that way. I could not grasp that...

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Will AZ Governor Sign Racist Immigration Bill?

anniepa @anniepa (27955) • United States 21 Apr 10

Do you think she SHOULD sign it, or are you like me and shocked and outraged over this bill that discriminates against anyone who even remotely "looks" or otherwise seems like they "might" be Hispanic? This is racial profiling at...

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racist bill in arizona

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Civil Rights how far have we really come?

aireanna18 @aireanna18 (1914) • United States 16 Jan 10

On Monday, we will be celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and honoring his work that he did to fight for equal rights. I was so inspired by the great assembly that we had at a local public school on Martin Luther King Jr. When...

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Was this a hate crime?

revellanotvanella @revellanotvanella (4033) • United States 27 Jun 08

You can find my full statement on my myspace website blog, the address is: http://www.myspace.com/revellanotvanella very easy to find, just click "Hate crime?" link on the top right hand corner that links to my blog and...

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Have You Ever Been Racially Profiled?

drknlvly6781 @drknlvly6781 (6246) • United States 21 Apr 08

This is more so for the ethnic members from the United States and Canada, but any opinion is welcomed. Have you ever been racially profiled? Either by the police or a citizen that just knew you were up to no good just by looking...

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Do you get followed around stores by rent-a-cops?

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 13 Oct 07

I like to shop, both online and in person. When I shop in realtime though I buy too much stuff because when I go in a store and security is following me around as they do because I'm black, I feel like I am obligated to prove I...

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Is it ever "okay" to profile?

hockeygal4ever @hockeygal4ever (10021) • United States 28 Mar 07

My daughter's psych class in college has debates regularly on various issues. This past one was a question posed as to whether it's ever acceptable to profile based on nothing more then a persons looks. Can you think of...

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Would you change your birth name, to avoid racial profiling or prejudice?

sylviekitty @sylviekitty (2083) • United States 7 Jan 07

I may have worded my question weird, but here is what I mean. I have a friend who was born in French Guiana. His birth name is an Arabic name, however, and there have been many times where after terrorist attacks have occurred...

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Racial Profiling

skynnyrrd4liffe @skynnyrrd4liffe (215) • United States 20 Dec 06

Racial Profiling is any police or private security practice in which a person is treated as a suspect because of his or her race, ethnicity, nationality or religion. This occurs when police investigate, stop, frisk, search or use...

College Kid Tazered In School

vivianasurveys @vivianasurveys (411) • United States 19 Nov 06

You guys hear about the college kid who was tazered in the library..He was of Middle Eastern Descent and did not have a library card or school ID or something. Whats up with that??

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