"That's when I realized that yeah we're different, but we're different in a little bit different way than we thought." Spoken by Amer Zahr at a 2015 TEDxDetroit talk, he really points out the problem nowadays with racial profiling. If everyone is created "equal", then why does racial profiling still exist?
Him recalling the young boy with a clock getting arrested reminded me of the Ferguson shooting. The two stories are very similar. The boy with the clock got arrested simply because he was an Muslim. That being the only reason is ridiculous. If it were some other white boy then no suspicions would have been raised, I'm sure of it. Just like with the Ferguson incident, the officer wouldn't have threatened to shoot so soon had the offender have been another race. Also, in Ferguson, 97% of people arrested are African American, whereas the cities population is only 67% black (BBC News). Racial bias much? I'm sure Irving and Ferguson aren't the only cities with racial profiling either, and judging from these two incidents, some major changes definitely have to happen with many police forces.
Yes, I get that after incidents such as 9/11 and the Paris hostage situation, racial tensions would rise. But just because a small group of Muslims caused a tragedy, doesn't mean everyone should start profiling all Muslims as terrorists. Basically, someone shouldn't be judged based on the way he/she looks. Not all men are rapists, just most rapists are men.
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