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Old 10-03-2001, 10:35 AM
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Re: Re: Playing Devil's Advocate Here...

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Originally posted by sunnydays96


I'd like to know people's reasons for why/how this scenario is different from the racial profiling that goes on with African Americans? To use the argument that it saves lives is invalidated when you remember those black males who were killed at the hands of policemen who engaged in racial profiling practices.

You're right. The only difference b/w this instance of racial profiling and those in the past is that, this time, blacks (and other minorities) AND whites are the perpetrators. However, the fear factor and the lack of understanding are the same.
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