The history behind what is known as racial profiling started back in the mid to early 1980's as a tool to fight drug trafficking. ... Bob Vogel began accumulating tremendous arrest statistics and earned the attention of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). ... Many believe that the racial profiling issue is an attempt by the criminal defense attorneys to get drug dealer clients back on the street. ... "African-Americans are 13% of drug users, 37% of arrests, 55% of the convicted and 77% of those sentenced for drug related crimes". ... The statistics overwhelmingly support tough l...

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Anderson points out that other cities are also facing problems such as teen pregnancy, strive for respect, drugs, and people committing crimes. ... Anderson differentiates "decent families" and "street families" in that decent families work hard, are independent, and believe in many mainstream morals and values. ... Drugs in these communities play a large role in the code of the street. ... Since crack has been introduced to the drug industry, it has only worsened, and in turn has increased the use of violence on the streets. ... I thought the book was very insightful as t...

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Law enforcement officials across our great nation deny that racial profiling occurs, but an over whelming majority of the black community believes that racial profiling is practiced on a daily basis. ... The war on drugs has given police a license to target those people who they believe fit the "profile" of a drug dealer or a gang member. ... Statistics prove the use and selling of drugs are not limited to minorities in America; in fact, five times as many whites use drugs. From the outset of the "war on drugs," minorities have been targeted. ... When the policeman exa...

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Many believe that racial profiling became a problem in the 1980's; however the problem dates back to at least the 1700's for people of African descent in the United States. There are many individuals that believe the practice of racial profiling is wrong, while others will claim that it is necessary in order to apprehend suspects of drug offenses or any other criminal charges. ... While these groups of individuals may feel they are being subjected to racism, law enforcement stand to believe it is a simple act of private security. ... Through the "Say No to Drugs" campaig...

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Many white people do not like to hear this fact and refuse to believe it, but the truth is deeply embedded within our society's political framework. ... Many black Americans believed that through the installation of America's first black President, Barack Obama, a change was really going to come. ... This lead individuals to believe that slavery was good for the slaves, and good for the American people as a whole (Alexander, 26). ... This approval provided white slave owners with a lot more power which lead individuals to believe that white supremacy was not only the new belief syst...

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(Tyson P.3) In addition, the author believes that there was no real agenda for hip-hop. ... For some reason violence, sex, crime, and drugs are associated with rap. ... Drugs are another topic widely spoken by gangster rappers. ... Mentioning how fun drugs supposedly are in songs is unnecessary. ... People only listen to what they have been brainwashed to believe is a true representation of who they are. ...

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However, it is astonishing that people do not believe that the political and social dynamics that purport to color blindness would create a new caste system- the one all Americans live in today. ... In October 1982, Reagan announced the War on Drugs. ... To justify the War on Drugs, the Reagan administration launched a media offensive. ... According to The New Jim Crow, Portugal responded to drug addiction and abuse by decriminalizing the possession of all drugs and redirecting the money that would have gone to putting drug-users in cages into drug treatment and prevention. In ten years, rates...

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In a recent study they found 75% of white Americans believe that there is no issue with the criminal justice system and that racism is not a problem in the world we live in today. ... The media spreads the idea that the people of color use and abuse drugs more than white people. In a study done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration indicates that white people and black people use drugs at a similar rate, yet black people are more likely to get pulled over because of suspicion of having drugs. ...

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Drug related homocide is the number one cause of death among African Americans between 15-24 years of age (Haynes et al.... Research on racism reveals that a lot of individuals that believe they are prejudice free display discrimination. ... This lack of support leads to low self esteem, low achievement, conduct behavior problems, high drop out rates, and drug abuse. The drug culture however, can offer an escape route into peer acceptance, power that offers prestige, and a good economy (Haynes et al., p. 147). Haynes et al. say that schools have a critical role to play in reducing the risk ...

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Most of the reason for this is drug related. Yet whites and blacks engage in drug offences, possession and sales, at roughly comparable rates (Human Rights Watch 2008).While African Americans comprise 13% of the US population and 14% of monthly drug users they are 37% of the people arrested for drug offences ( Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Project.) ... As a result, African Americans, who are 13% of the population and 14% of drug users, are not only 37% of the people arrested for drugs but 56% of the people in state prisons for drug offences. ... Many poor and minority citizens believe that the...

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Some believe there are two justice systems: one for whites and one for people of color. ... Since the onset of the "war on drugs" in the mid-1980s, Black Americans have been arrested, prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned for drug law offences at rates grossly out of proportion to their numbers among drug offenders. Although drug use and selling cut across all racial, socioeconomic and geographic lines, law enforcement strategies have targeted street-level drug dealers and users from low-income, predominantly minority urban areas. ... Records of past statistics make officers believe they have a...

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Among Black South Africans, a fifth of the population believed that one could tell by a person's appearance whether they had the disease. ... The survey asked the participants whether they believe that AIDS was a genocidal plot targeting African Americans. ... Twenty-seven percent of Louisiana residents believe that AIDS is a form of genocide, while 70 percent believed that the government was not telling that complete truth about AIDS. ... It is widely believed that through IMF, the World Bank, and national debt, they control the economies of many nations. ... Communist ...

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Many people believe that racism gives whites the faith they need in the war for freedom from other races, and gives us a sense of "pride and destiny". ... As CounterPunch states, "In 1995, researchers conducted a study in which they asked patients to picture a drug user. While 95% pictured a black drug user, the reality is that only 15% of America's drug users are actually black....

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It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. Much of this improvement has been achieved through various court decisions, and other improvements have been made through federal and state legislatures. Despite these facts, the development of the legal system with regard to race ...

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"This is totally true because the white cops are ignorant believing they are better than the minority based on not living in poorer parts of county. ... I believe that the percent of white cops over black cops is a major factor and that this should change in the future. ... Some of these places don't need military equipment based on modest crime rates, no terrorist activities and some drug problems. ... By attacking the black community and their involvement with crimes and drugs. ... Social and conservative media should come to a stop because they switch the facts and use powerful langu...

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The underlining aspect in Malcolm's life was that he adamantly believed in was the importance to the devotion of Islam. ... Malcolm Little later looked back at this moment in his life saying, "Even at that young age, I just couldn't believe in the Christian concept of Jesus as someone divine, and no religious person, until I was a man in my twenties and then in prison could tell me anything" (Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X1). ... Eventually he became involved with drugs and alcohol. ... When Malcolm Little was finally let out on parole after 8 years, he instantly became ...

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He believed everyone was equal and should not be disregarded because of the color of their skin. ... King believed that non-violence was the way and wanted to prove to everyone that equality and justice for all was at the heart of blacks. ... Malcolm believed that black unity was a basis for social and political action. ... He believed that is the American government did not protect these rights and blacks from whites then blacks had the right to protect themselves by any means necessary. ... Children are growing up to know nothing except for killing, selling drugs, fighting, cursing,...

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They both believe that a black man can't integrate into a society that is preset for a white man to live in. ... Both Malcolm and Biko talk about gaining this equality because they strongly believe that it is time for change in the so called, "white society."" ... Biko said "The idea of everything being done for the blacks is an old one and all liberals (whites who believe they know what is best for blacks) take pride in it; but once the black students want to do things for themselves suddenly they are regarded as becoming "militant."" ... He talked about how the property value of a ce...

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The first side believes that the black people are in a better economic and social position then 50 years ago. ... This means that the federal states and the government believes in the black people and trusts them with high importance jobs. ... The street Mafia; drug dealers illegal sellers; killers, rapists, robbers are all believed to come from the minority groups living in America. ...

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Environmental protections were a big part of the government issues, because business people believed in the idea of natural selection, and Social Darwinism. ... In result of the activism the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Meat Inspection Act, were passed to support the citizens. ...

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Environmental protections were a big part of the government issues, because business people believed in the idea of natural selection, and Social Darwinism. ... In result of the activism the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Meat Inspection Act, were passed to support the citizens. ...

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From local thugs to law enforcement officers, from drug addicts to political figures, Crash brings individuals of varying backgrounds together in a film which represents the attitudes that many people share, particularly those attitudes of racism, whether they are overtly expressed or subconsciously so. ... From local thugs to law enforcement, and from drug addicts to political figures, "Crash" unites various cultures and various backgrounds into a film that presents the attitudes that many people share directly or indirectly. ... Ryan believes that African Americans are taking away...

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He believed that black people had not only the right to defend themselves, but also the moral obligation to end white supremacy "by any means necessary." ... Also, one could detect a multitude of positive side effects of this islamization, as the Afro-American community had a lot of trouble with so-called vices of the white man as drugs, alcohol, prostitution, gambling etc. ... In one of his most known poems he offers criticism on the white dominated media society, which, in combination with alcohol and drugs, causes inertia and political passivity. ...

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She believes it was once a nursery; "the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls (77).... Should he bring this felon, this drug addict, into his respectable world? ... He believed that Sonny should have taken his musical talent and played "respectable" music, preferably classical, performed in concert halls, not jazz music played in rundown bars. ... The heroine of "The Yellow Wallpaper" may spend the rest of her life in her imaginary world, where life is easier, and even though Sonny may be all right, the lure of drug addict...

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She believes it was once a nursery; "the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls (77).... Should he bring this felon, this drug addict, into his respectable world? ... He believed that Sonny should have taken his musical talent and played "respectable" music, preferably classical, performed in concert halls, not jazz music played in rundown bars. ... The heroine of "The Yellow Wallpaper" may spend the rest of her life in her imaginary world, where life is easier, and even though Sonny may be all right, the lure of drug addict...

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