Crytical Analysis

Racism is one of the most challenging issues confronting America, a nation whose ancestry includes every people on earth. Racism is an affront to human dignity, a cause of hatred and division, and a disease that devastates society. Though racism is alive and well and infects every aspect of human nature, the ongoing issue is whether or not law enforcement is immune. "Minorities who have committed no crimes, especially African American males, are disproportionately stopped, …

…essay that the police training video showing only black people as the criminals. This kind of brainwashing tells police officers that black people are the criminals. The second fact comes from James Taylor's essay that because there is a higher number of blacks and Hispanics using drugs and committing crimes, police will get a higher payoff if they use racial profiling and stop more blacks and Hispanics rather than Japanese, Russian Orthodox Jews or 75-year-olds.