Media coverage of racial profiling of Arabs in the US after 9/11

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Media Coverage of Racial Profiling of Arabs in the US After 9 /11

Racial profiling is identified as a phenomenon where race is taken into consideration in to develop the pro of suspected criminals . It is considered as an extension of racism which involves the focus of police over certain racial groups as a medium of capturing suspected criminals . The practice of racial profiling in the United States has long been an extension of the nation 's culture . It was experienced by African-African

slaves , when the existing norm is centered in monitoring the movements of both black and freed slaves . During the 1980 's , the main component of racial profiling was centered on the eradication of drugs . The program War on drugs ' was affiliated with racial profiling and the forces behind the said program are imposed to focus their attention on African Americans and Hispanics because of the belief that carrying drugs is greatly associated with the said racial groups However , such belief was later on debunked when it was found out that the two identified groups came out clean of the investigations and were proven to have used drugs much the same as other groups . The pervasiveness of racial profiling in the United States is mainly conceptualized out of the growing number of non-white citizens in the country . Hence , almost everything associated with race became a factor for placing even the most innocent person under surveillance or suspicion (Shuford

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