Title: Types of Racial Bias: From Colorism to Prejudice
Headings: Racial Bias and Discrimination: From Colorism to Racial Profiling
Racial Bias and Discrimination: From Colorism to Racial Profiling
Different Forms of Racism
Overview of Racial Profiling
Defining Stereotypes
Examining Racial Prejudice
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Content: Opponents of racial profiling say the practice simply doesn’t work. Black and Hispanic men have been targeted in cities such as New York by police who stop and frisk them for drugs, guns, etc. But research from the New York Civil Liberties Union indicates that police actually found more weapons on whites than their minority counterparts, calling into question the strategy of racial profiling. The same holds true for Black shoppers who say they’ve been racially profiled in stores. Research has found that white female shoppers are the group most likely to shoplift, making it doubly offensive for store personnel to target Black shoppers for theft. In addition to these examples, a number of law enforcement agencies have faced charges of misconduct for mistreating Latinos they believed to be unauthorized immigrants. Moreover, racial profiling has not been found to reduce crime. Defining Stereotypes
Stereotypes help perpetuate racial discrimination in a number of ways. Individuals who buy into these sweeping generalizations about racial groups use stereotypes to justify excluding minorities from job prospects, renting apartments and educational opportunities, to name a few. Stereotypes have led racial minority groups to be discriminated against in healthcare, the legal system and more.