Society, Issues, Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations, Race and Racism, Racial Profiling
- Wyoming Gov. Jim Geringer signs a resolution taking a stance against the practice of racial profiling.
- New Jersey Attorney General John Farmer Jr. said that as part of the investigation into the World Trade Center attacks, police may have to stop, question and scrutinize New Jerseyans who look Middle Eastern, solely because of their ethnicity.
- Includes commentary on how terrorism affects the debate.
- Racial Profiling at California State Fair targets 'Black Culture Day' fairgoers, creating an air of inequality and unfair treatment.
- Working with state and local governments, law enforcement agencies and civil rights groups to assess and deter racial profiling practices.
- Perspective on profiling, identification of the problem, prohibition, and analysis of ethnicity and race data.
- Michael Kinsley discusses the discrimination people are afraid to be against.
- Includes an article by a police officer on the topic.
- Transcript of the Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg, Heather MacDonald, Paul Butler, and David Cole. Includes biographies of guests and discussion forum.
- American Civil Liberties Union page on racial profiling and "driving while Black".
- The full set of racial profiling documents released by the New Jersey Attorney General's office on Monday, November 27th, 2000. Links to related news and articles.
- Excerpts from a video and guide from the Police Executive Research Forum for use in any forum where police and citizens come together to discuss racially biased policing.
- Stuart Taylor Jr.'s weekly column on legal affairs addresses racial profiling in light of the recent terrorist attacks.
- A lawyer's collection of recently released documents [PDF format], materials on profiling challenges, and links.
- An examination of the catchall phrase now used to describe many different forms of racism that have been practiced throughout history.
- Understanding what racial profiling against African, Hispanic, and Asian Americans is, and what can be done about it. Also includes latest news reports, research reports, and links to organizations that provide assistance.
- Columnist Abdullah Al-Arian discusses being invited to and then removed from a White House briefing during the summer.
- An article by Gene Callahan and William Anderson about the practice, the investigative shift from case probability to class probability, and the role of asset forfeiture.
- Heather MacDonald says there's no credible evidence that racial profiling exists, yet the crusade to abolish it threatens a decade's worth of crime-fighting success.
- Current media coverage of the controversial practice.
- Fred Reed discusses types of profiling, concluding that racial profiling is not discrimination.
- An article by Peter Noel about incidents in New York City and including a survery and interviews of police officers.
- Five Arab-American Boy Scout leader trainees from Dearborn, Michigan, and their adult leader were detained while the FBI ran background checks on them.
- The responses of Raul Yzaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), to readers questions and comments about racial profiling and racial bias during times of war.
- James Forman Jr. presents the conservative case against profiling.
- Why racial profiling isn't a black and white problem by John Cloud, with viewpoint by Shelby Steele and photo essay by James Nachtwey.
- Summaries of news, documents, and links.
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