racial profiling....???

Question

I know this is kinda abstract and far fetched, can't happen this way but humor me for a minute. let's say you're head of security at an international airport. you have reason to believe that someone is going to commit a terrorist act on the next flight out, the flight that is now boarding....there are two people left to board the plane, let's say you are going on this flight too. there is only enough money in the budget to search one more passenger...there are two more passengers that haven't passed through the final checkpoint....one of those passengers is an elderly latin american woman, the other passenger is a 18-30 year old middle eastern man....is racial profiling acceptable now??? why or why not?? i'm not sure what my answer would be on this one.

Answer 1

You know it would be the Middle Eastern man. And you know it is because 99% of all acts of terrorism since 1983 have been comited by Middle Eastern men ages 18-30.
Should we? Yes.
Is it wrong? No. If the terrorism was being brought to us from an ethnically diverse group then it would be wrong. But it is not.
Is it fair to the good Muslims? Maybe not, BUT............

Untill the "good" people in the Muslim community start policing their community and cleaning their own houses this will continue to happen. It is time gor the good Muslims to stand up and show the world the truth. Or are they now by their silence approving of the behavior of the terrorists?

Answer 2

Considering the fact that I am not a trained director of security, my answer may not be what was best, but it's what instinct tells me.

At this point, anyone should be prepared to be searched and NO one should take it personally. I got searched last time, but my husband didn't. It doesn't really matter. For whatever reason, I was more suspicious in what I was carrying or how I was acting, so I got searched. No big deal.

So, it is my belief that if both afforementioned passengers posed some sort of suspicion, I'm sure this security officer would spare the few extra minutes searching both.

Now, let us be reminded that it is trained terrorist pilots that are the threat, and in most cases they don't necessarily have to carry a big weapon to pose a threat. What we should be asking is: how many security officers are on the plane with us trying to protect us? That's when the real threat begins.

Answer 3

Don't judge a book by its cover...
If the terrorist knows that they can be discovered by the middle eastern man, it will not be surprising if they used the old lady instead. Cos many things can happen, the old lady could be threatened to the extend that she has to do this... so what if the middle eastern man are the prime suspect without proof. It means they are beng judgemental and this could be a real serious judgement error!!
Do not let the terrorist have the last laugh..
By searching both will not hurt anyone it will in fact saves lives!
This is just my honest opinion. I apologises if I hurt anyone feeling.

Answer 4

Racial profiling is a result of deductive reasoning and rationality. It is the same principle as the monkey touching the hot stove. If the monkey gets burned enough times, he is going to associate it with pain. This will cause him to avoid and distrust the stove.
I would absolutely check the middle eastern man. When the typical profile of a terrorist becomes a black or white man, then I will be the first to step in line at the security counter.

Answer 5

reckoning on the difficulty i think of racial profiling could make some sense. Pulling toddlers and eighty twelve months previous women out of line on the airport is basically stupidity. the optimal reason we try to stay faraway from it with the terrorist themes is as a results of the fact if we did they could use it against us. If we keep it extra random then it makes it harder to counter act. the 2nd an enemy is conscious what you're searching for they're doing some thing completely distinctive.

Answer 6

I work in industrial security and there is some validity to racial profiling, but you do have to be very careful.

Here's the difference on when you can or cannot do racial profiling.
To prevent a crime from occuring, no

When a crime has been committted and there is a description of the person who committed the crime, then yes, it's acceptable to only question people who match the description.

So in the case you mention, it would be wrong and discriminatory to only search the one person.

Answer 7

difficult question, i would say yes racially profile in this case. i think that racially profiling is a logical system for fighting crime. does it maintain equality for everybody? no. but it is still effective.

if a fringe minority group is overwhelmingly statistically responsible for some illicit activity (i.e. foreign islamo-fundamentalists and terrorism) wouldn't it make sense to respond to those statistics?

Answer 8

I'm all for racial profiling! This is so stupid! PC has gone too far. It's not the little old grannies that are trying to blow up the plane!

Answer 9

never saw a white blow himself up in the name of allah..