Summary
The attacks on the London mass-transport system and the random searches now in place on the New York City subways have again raised the issue of racial profiling against Arab-Americans and Muslims.
Those who urge the government to ask officers enforcing security policies like New York's random searches to engage in profiling of Arab-Americans and Muslims based on appearance are not only advocating something degrading and pointless--they are asking for the impossible,Even more preposterous would be any attempt to identify Muslims by appearance, as Muslims come from almost every part of the world, and constitute one-fifth of humanity. And, because about one-third of American Muslims are African-Americans, any futile attempt at profiling of Muslims, especially in urban areas such as New York City, will immediately degenerate into yet another way of profiling black people.See the full content of this document
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The Ridiculousness of Profiling
The attacks on the London mass-transport system and the random searches now in place on the New York City subways have again raised the issue of racial profiling against Arab-Americans and Muslims.
The New York Police Department insists that the ...See the full content of this document
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