What is the exact definition of ethnic profiling?

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Answer 1

This is going to be long because you pushed one of my buttons.

Profiling is a necessary EVIL based upon the characteristics of a certain neighborhood or Zip code.

If you have seen some of my other posts you will realize that I have a HIGH level of tolerance in most areas. I have worked with Law Enorcement and consulted to a few government agencies.

For an example take a zip code and assume that based upon intelligence, incident reports and arrests that 98% of the problems are caused by men between the ages of 68 and 72 with green mulats, polyester pants and BIG sunglasses.

The population is 5,000 and there have been arrests for METH labs, cane fights causing death and child abduction. They also found that ALL of the arrests were in possession of a firearm.

If you are walking down the street with the Bible, 69, mulet, polyester pants and FIT THE PROFILE then YOU are going to be ON THE GROUND!

THAT IS ETHNIC PROFILLING!

A cop is just NOT going to walk up to a guy that fits the "profile" and say, "Dude, what's up walking around at 2 AM. That is how good cops get SHOT.

Profilling is based upon norms of a geographic area. Take the same guy walking at 2AM in an area with ZERO Crime; they are going to think that it is WEIRD, but will drive right by.

Now you have this guy that just happened to be Middle Eastern in a college library without ID and refuses to leave or give up ID and gets TAZERED then he is sueing. WHAT AN IDIOT! Quite frankly he problably set it up to to get a little cash. JEEZ, there is a SENSITIVITY to people of Middle Eastern decent, maybe over reaction, but sensitivity none the less; DUDE, CHILL and DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD; CLOSE YOUR PIE HOLE TOO.

Here is a good one for you. I live in an area that is diverse but with not a lot of crime.

I am a businessman, dress casual but nice and drive a nice car (NOT some beater with the wheels falling off).

I am driving down the street (my tags were expired) and a cop turned left in front of me.

I know a LOT of cops socially and was a honorary member of the "Chiefs of Police" so I made eye contact to see if I knew him to wave.

I didn't and he made a U-Turn and hit the lights. I figured, "GOOD EYE" and pulled over. Cops are a little JUMPY for obvious reasons so I just shut down and kept my hands on the wheel where they could be seen.

I watched him approach my car and he had UN-Flapped his piece with his hand next to it. This bothered me a bit, but I stayed put.

He came to my window; I drive a two-seater and had rolled BOTH windows down because they are tinted. He took a fast look and said, "Your tags are expired" and I said, "I know, but they are paid and emmissions are cool. I just haven't had time to get them". He asked for my registration and licence, went back to his unit and returned. He gave me my stuff back and said, "Get the new tags and have a nice day".

Now, was I PROFILED? YOU BET YOUR *** I WAS! Why? How many people make eye contact with a cop? NONE UNLESS THEY ARE WORRIED and it set off his SWITCH to take the upper hand rather than duck after the fact.

I am a WASP but FILLED the PROFILE of someone that was GUILTY.

Preception is in the eye of the beholder and if you do something STUPID in an area where you fit the profile either get SMART or MOVE.

Later,
Jacques

Answer 2

Ethnic Profiling Definition

Answer 3

Not sure about an "exact" definition. But in general it would be a search criteria based on racial, ethnic, or other group memebership.

It's value depends on how it is used. An obvious negative would be, for example, assuming that a perpetrator of a crime will be of a specific ethnicity in absence of any supporting evidence and based solely on stereotypes.

Some food for thought:

However it can be benficial in resource allocation in many situations. Think about it like this: if you are shopping for a TV are you going to waste your time looking in all stores, such as supermarkets? No, you will expend your limited resource of time looking only in stores expected to carry TVs. A real world application would be airport security. Why do we waste valuable resources examining attempting to examine _all_ passengers and luggage. We do not have the resources to adequately check everyone. Not to mention the cost incurred in time and money (which I will come to shortly). In this day and age, not all people of Middle Eastern origin are terrorists (in fact very few), but, virtually all terrorists are of Middle Eastern origin. So if we stop wasting our efforts examining people we have no expectation of being terrorists (shopping in supermarkets for TVs) in the interest of political correctness, we can more thoroughly examine those who do have some potential for such (shopping in stores having consumer electronics) and produce better results in overal security, which is the goal in the first place. This is not to say that those not fitting the profile should be given a free pass because it's not impossible for those outside the profile to be terorists, just a lot less likely than, well, you know...
Now to the issue of time, we could all get through security checks much quicker - including those singled out - because much less time and effort would be wasted checking those that there is no expectation of being terrorists. Everybody wins if it is possible to get past political incorrectness.

Answer 4

Racial or ethnic profiling, as the term
has evolved in the United States,
encompasses the use by police of
racial or ethnic characteristics as
one set of clues among others to
decide whom to stop, question, search,
or otherwise investigate for as-yetunknown
criminal offenses. In this
definition, profiling involves the use
of racial or ethnic characteristics to
predict which persons among some
group might be involved in criminal
behavior, even where there is no
evidence yet of any particular crime,
and no unique suspect. .

Answer 5

Uh... we don't. As far as I know, I don't think anyone has actually posted a picture of the Holocaust before. Not that I'm saying it hasn't happened, but I haven't noticed it yet. I can at least say that you are in the wrong for generalizing this as a rule, since (despite this specific account's age) I've been coming to this forum for years and know that's not what usually happens. It's even rare for the Holocaust to be invoked, much less shown. Of course, the Holocaust IS ethnic cleansing, not only in regards to Jews but also other groups like the Roma. I won't argue that Israel is always in the right; however, it is INCORRECT to say that Israel's official or actual policies are in favor of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. That was NEVER Israel's goal. For starters, statistically a large percentage of Palestinians left in 1948 because they thought the Jews were going to be wiped out/forced to leave/killed, and didn't want to get in the cross fire. In other words, not only did they leave on their own accord (not Israel's) but were anticipating the ethnic cleansing of the Jewish people. And, yes, the rhetoric of the Arab forces at that time were distinctly calling for the removal of the Jews, and Israel's rhetoric was build our nation, with no mention of destroying the other state they expected nor kicking out those Arabs within their boarders. It should be clear now that, inside of Israel today, ethnic cleansing arguments fall flat. Considering how well integrated many Arabs can become, if they chose, with Israeli society, I can say that Israel does not have this attitude with their actions. With the West Bank and Gaza, too, where they hold less power than you seem to imagine. I do point out that the increasing Palestinian population, and the rate at which it does so, indicates that if they were trying to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians, they are doing a half-@ssed job. Israel doesn't do things half-assedly. Just food for thought. I will like to point out that, if Israel were ethnically cleansing the Palestinians, then I have to call attention to the job the Arab and Muslim world has done concerning their Jews. Israel's retention rate of Arabs is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than the rate of the Arab world on it's Jews. Many communities are extinct or soon will be, with the people who used to make up those communities long gone into other nations. Israel is cited as one of the greatest immigrant absorbing nations out there, and the Mizrahi Jews play no small part in that number. Libya's Jews are no more, Syria has less than 100, Lebanon perhaps less than that, and Iraq's last time I checked was 10. Yemen has 200 estimates (on a good day) when it used to have many more zeroes, and Egypt's, like many already mentioned, is aging and will probably all die out within the next few decades. The highest figure in Iran's favor is 10% today what it used to be at Israel's founding, and is projected to be less. In comparison, Israel's rate of retention concerning Arabs is astonishingly high. These figures conclude that you can't really deny the ethnic cleansing of the Jews in the Arab world, so I do have to make the criticism that those who denounce "Israeli ethnic cleansing" often don't look at these figures since it actually makes Israel a hero for that story.

Answer 6

I'm sorry, this is not an answer to your question.. but just my simple opinion. I do not believe there should be a definition for racial profiling...l I find it to be one of the most disgusting group of words in any language. No one, no religion, no race, no color no sex.. should be profiled because of any of that. We are people.. all people.. simply put.. we are all the same. No matter those who like to think they are better or chosen or have the right to this or that.. we are all one. And we will be all one once we reach our promised land...whatever form that takes for whatever religion or belief you practise.

Answer 7

Racial profiling is the inclusion of race as a primary determinant in the characterization of a persons considered likely to commit a particular type of crime (see Offender Profiling). Towards the end of the 20th century in the United States, the practice fell into disfavor with the general public as abuses by law enforcement came to light. A huge stereotype for racial profiling is a Middle Eastern person.
Criminal Advocates are against the use of racial profiling tactics by the police. They argue that the disproportionate number of convicted minorities is due to "racial profiling".

Countering this, it is argued that including race as one of the several factors in suspect profiling is generally supported by the law enforcement community within the Western world. It is claimed that profiling based on "any" characteristic is a time-tested and universal police tool, and that excluding race as a factor is insensible

Others believe that Racial Profiling simply fits stereotypes. To illustrate this example:

According to the US Census Bureau:

Black or African American: As of July 1st, 2005, the percent of the United States population that is Black or African American was 12.8% According to the FBI, Black or African Americans (in 2005) were responsible for 30.195% of the total crime in the United States.

White or Caucasian: As of July 1st, 2005, the percent of the United States population that is White or Caucasian was 80.2% According to the FBI, White or Caucasians (in 2005) were responsible for 67.347% of the total crime in the United States.

So according to this example, Black or African Americans are 2.8 times more likely to commit crimes than White or Caucasians. Drawing such a conclusion about Blacks and crime from these statistics is an example of Racial Profiling.

Profiling any individual that happens to be represented by a special interest group based on numbers, statistics, or other verifiable facts is taboo in the United States

Answer 8

ethnic profiling is the act of catgorizing a person by race on commonly help beliefs of that race, ie. a black man driving in a mostly white area being stopped by police when no law was broken. the belief that blacks are mostly criminals so he must be there to steal, or a white man stopped in an area that is mostly blacks, the belief that he must be there to buy drugs.
i remember this from collage debates

Answer 9

Law and security enforcement officers may use stereotypical notions to determine alleged suspects of criminal behavior in a variety of circumstances including: traffic stops, border stops, "out of place" stops such as questioning of racial/ethnic minorities in predominantly White suburban areas and in other locations and venues where law and security officers might perceive ethnic minorities as being "out of place", disturbances in education environments, and other situations where local, state, or federal law and security enforcement have independent decision making authority.

Answer 10

its called google. there is no exact definition