Ending Racial
Profiling
Through
Education and
Government
Intervention
“
“They didn’t even give him a chance
to grow up so I could see what he
would be able to do… He could have
been the next LeBron James. I don’t
know, because they took it from
me...”
- Samaira Rice
2
“
“Whatever affects one
directly affects all indirectly.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
3
What does the persistence of
police brutality and racial
profiling against
African-Americans suggest
about a need for social and
political reform?
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40%
60%
Source: Harvard School of Public Health, NPR Poll 5
Background Information
- NPR Study
- Routine Traffic Stops Statistics
(Jones)
- Police-Involved Shootings (Harriot)
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Solution
- Education on the Negative Effects of
Racism
- Evelyne Heyer
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Eliminating Stereotypes
- Common Stereotypes
- Implications
- George Zimmerman Testimony
- Learned Behaviors
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Mental Health
- Antwon Rose Jr.
- Stigmas
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“
“When faced with a threat, the body produces
hormones and other signals that turn on the
systems that are necessary for survival in the
short term… when the threat becomes
reoccurring and persistent… the survival
process becomes dangerous and causes rapid
wear and tear on [the body].”
- Source: Sirry Alang, “Police Brutality and Black Health: Setting the
Agenda for Public Health Scholars.”
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Limitations
- Institutionalized/Systemic Racism
- Learned Behaviors
Source: 1930s
Historic Times
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“
“White people project onto black males the
anger those white people would feel if they
were demeaned, disrespected, distrusted,
marginalized… [and, as a consequence,]
they will never believe that black males don’t
feel angry in return.”
- Mark Goulston
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Works Cited
Alang, Sirry et al. “Police Brutality and Black Health: Setting the Agenda for
Public Health Scholars.” NCBI. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28323470.
Accessed 25 Mar. 2019.
“The Coon Caricature: Blacks as Monkeys.” History on the Net, 20 July, 2012.
www.historyonthenet.com/authentichistory/diversity/african/3-coon/6-
monkey/. Accessed 27 Mar. 2019.
Dukes, Kristin Nicole and Sarah E. Gaither. “Black Racial Stereotypes and
Victim Blaming: Implications for Media Coverage and Criminal
Proceedings in Cases of Police Violence against Racial and Ethnic
Minorities.” Journal of Social Issues, 2017.
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“Education is Key to Deconstruct Racial Narratives.” UNESCO, 23 Mar. 2018.
en.unesco.org/news/education-key-deconstruct-racial-narratives.
Accessed 31 Mar. 2019.
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Works Cited
Goulston, Mark. “White Male Racism against Black Males Will Not End.”
Psychology Today, 9 Apr. 2015.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/just-listen/201504/white-male-racis
m-against-black-males-will-not-end. Accessed 27 Mar. 2019.
Guttman, Matt and Seni Tienabeso. “Trayvon Martin Shooter Told Cops
Teenager Went For His Gun.” ABC News, 25 Mar. 2012.
abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-shooter-teenager-gun/story?id=160
00239. Accessed 2 Apr. 2019.
Jones, Alexi. “Police Stops are Stilled Marred by Racial Discrimination, New
Data Shows.” Prison Policy Initiative, 12 Oct. 2018.
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2018/10/12/policing/. Accessed 21 Mar. 2019.
King, Martin Luther. “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” 16 Apr. 1963.
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Works Cited
“Poll finds At Least Half of Black Americans Say They Have Experienced Racial Discrimination in
Their Jobs and From the Police.” Harvard, 24 Oct. 2017.
www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/black-americans-discrimination-work-polic
e/. Accessed 2 Apr. 2019.
“Police Killings of Unarmed Black Americans Affect Mental Health of Black Community.” Penn
Medicine News, 21 June, 2018.
www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2018/june/police-killings-of-unarmed-blac
k-americans-affect-mental-health-of-black-community. Accessed 23 Mar. 2019.
“Racial Profiling: Definition.” American Civil Liberties Union,
www.aclu.org/other/racial-profiling-definition. Accessed 27 Mar. 2019.
Shaffer, Cory. “Tamir Rice’s Mother and Grandmother Reflect on Boy’s Life.” Cleveland.
www.cleveland.com/metro/2015/03/tamir_rices_mother_grandmother.html. Accessed 2
Apr. 2019.
“Stereotype Definition.” Vocabulary. www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/stereotype. Accessed 2 Apr.
2019.
“Stigma- and Other Factors- Affect Blacks’ Use of Mental Health Services.” Care for Your Mind, 6
Feb. 2018.
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