86 Quotes About Racial-profiling



  • Author Michelle Alexander
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    Subjecting people to stops and searches because they live in "high crime" ghettos cannot be said to be truly race-neutral, given that the ghetto itself was constricted to contain and control groups of people defined by race

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  • Author Michelle Alexander
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    Because the Supreme Court has authorized the police to use race as a factor when making decisions regarding whom to stop and search, police departments believe that racial profiling exists only when race is the sole factor...The problem is that although race is rarely the sole reason for a stop or search, it is frequently a determinative reason.

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