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Racial Profiling Vs. Human Rights Alvaro Omar Larrama Honors Colloquium May 3, 2007

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Racial Profiling Vs. Human Rights Alvaro Omar Larrama Honors Colloquium May 3, 2007

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    1. Racial Profiling Vs. Human Rights Alvaro Omar Larrama Honors Colloquium May 3, 2007

    2. Research Paper The topic I chose is racial profiling My main reason is my experience with it This research expanded my knowledge Found research that supported my thesis

    3. The Root of Racial Profiling

    4. History of Racism Ancient Empires Holocaust Slave Trade Colonial Times Darfur

    5. Statistical Evidence “out of every three traffic stops two are more than likely to be blacks and out of that third left over the chance of it being a minority is 37%” David A. Harris

    6. Rodney King

    7. Statistical Evidence “Out of every 1,000 traffic stops involving Caucasians they have a 21% chance of being detained meanwhile out of every 1,000 traffic stops involving African Americans they have a 47% chance of being detained.” Kenneth J. Novak

    8. Statistical Evidence “Out of these detainees only 18% were actually found guilty of a traffic violation.” Kenneth J. Novak

    9. The of Racial Profiling Racial Profiling is prohibited according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights documents Too common a big problem Keeps the people out of political power Fueled by the media Now Racial Profiling is almost commercial

    10. Very Common and Commercial

    11. 9/11 Attacks Muslims and Arabs are being racially profiled at extremely high rates globally Governments way to contradict the UDHR documents without being held accountable Homeland security creates an international color coded alert system Airport security also tightens because of the attacks and uses some racial profiling practices to search passengers

    12. Homeland Security

    13. Cycle of Repetition

    14. Solution Uniting and educating the public about our human rights and our power Changing the image of manhood positively specifically in minority communities Holding the Criminal Justice System and the government accountable for racial tactics taught and used within their training Stopping the Cycle of Repetition will end Racial Profiling

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