Here's what I Propose, or should I say it Casually?

         Racial Profiling has been heightening for the past two decades due to false allegations by law enforcement agents against people of color. It has increased in number and frequency. This isn’t just talking about African Americans; It’s is referring to Hispanics, Indians, and many more ethnicities who have a darker skin tone. Racial profiling is very significant in today's society because it happens every single day. People may stereotype some one and not even realize that they are doing it.  Quantitative and qualitative evidence has been collected at a federal, state, and local level, confirming that racial profiling persists even though it was deemed unconstitutional. Although racial profiling has been brought up before and attempts to stop it has been tried, people have failed because society is still in a mindset that distiguishes through outer appearance. Racial profiling is unacceptable and needs to be stopped because it is belittling, demeaning, and hindering our world from growing together as one.
          Specifically I wiould like to address shopping stores in predominantly white areas. When someone of a darker skin color walks into your store, I don't think it is wise to follow them around. They most likely there to buy some clothes and outer appareal, not to steal. I'm not saying that they won't steal because there are people out there who would do that, but just don't assume that it is every dark pigmented person that walks into your store. I, personally has had some experience in situations like this. One day, while shopping in a famous store named after a former princess and her hidings, I was continuosly watched by retail workers and maybe even the floor manager, when all I wanted to do was buy some underwear. I felt very uncomfortable and as if I didn't belong. According to ABC news, shopping in a store and not being the right ethnicity is called "Shopping while black". In a survey done by ABC news, it showed that more than 60 percent of black shoppers have been racially profilled. In 2009, 54% of black respondents said that they were not treated equally in shopping stores. Only 15% of white stated the same response.
         Racial profiling should be stopped because it has a negative effect on shopping businesses overall. If customers are being harrassed while trying to shop, they won't come back to your store to spend money ever again. From 1990 to 2001, Asain buying power has increased 152%, Hispanic buying power increased 133%, Black buying power increased 101%, and American Indian buying power has increased 84%. White buying power has only increased 65%. Your business will lose profit by eliminating people of a darker skin color from your store. Racial profiling is a lose-lose situation for shoppers and business owners, so if it didn't exist, everyone could live in peace and do what they love.
     Resolving the issue of racial profiling is no walk in the park. Ofcourse it is going to take a lot of time. It may even never get resolved. It all starts with a person. If one person changes the way their store is run in order to eliminate racial profiling, they will recieve a lot of shoppers and make a lot of money. When other companies see that a business is making more money than they are-they will want to find out their tactics and basically mimick it. They will figure out that that business has a friendly environment and that every ethnicity feels at home there, so they will make their companies the same way. It will basically be a chain reaction. This idea is just a theory, but it is possible if carried out by the right person. Yes there are many flaws and objectives to this plan and I acknowledge that, but it is just something to think about.
        
            
       

Toulmin Analysis on My Pathos Blog

    
       In my pathos blog, I begin with a strong introduction sentence stating a problem that is getting worse over time. Unfortunately, as I read the introduction paragraph, I seem to notice that I lack a solid claim. If I were to add one in there now it would sound a bit like this; Racial profiling is wrong and needs to be stopped.
      Now I know that there are limits to my claim which is why qualifiers are good to add. By saying: Some people believe racial profiling is not an issue, it shows that I know not everyone is on the same page as me and I am willing to address that. I am also lacking qualifiers in my original blog.
      Now that I read my blog over looking at it with a Toulmin aspect, I notice that my reasons are not that clear and everything is just factual and ethos. If I could pinpoint some reasons I would have to say that they are

1. Racial profiling has been heightening for the past two decades
2. Racial profiling happens to many different races
3. it is very demeaning and belittling

   If included, my warrant would be; since descrimination is illegal, all forms of negativity against specific races/ethnicities should also not be practiced.
    To support my warrant, I have a backing. My backing is that racial profiling was deemed unconstitutional. To add to that I would say that, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that racial profiling violates the constitutional requirement that all persons be accorded equal protection of the law. 
    I have to say that throughout my blog I manage to include a lot of evidence and statistics. For example:

1. In the year 2005, drivers of African American descent were 4.5% likely to be arrested during a traffic stop than a Caucasian driver who only had a 2.1% chance of being arrested.
2. Hispanic drivers were 65% more likely to receive a ticket than Caucasian drivers who had a 56.2% chance and African American drivers who had a 55.8% chance.

    I built my ethos and credibility by telling a personal story of how I experienced racial profiling.
   Since I mentioned a qualifier earlier that was intended to acknowledge my rebuttal's. Some rebuttal's could be

1. white people experience racial profiling too
2. everybody is going to have their opinions and everybody has a right to that opinion
3. even though racial profiling was deemed uncnstitutional, no body will follow it.

  There could definitly be many more rebuttal's but those are the three that I can think of. To respond to those rebuttal's I would say

1. I will mention all races in my argument (including white people)
2. If your opinion offends and hurts people, don't state them.
3. If we all try to follow my second reason, then we will atleast start to decrease the occurances or racial profiling.

                     
     

Who am I talking to, you ask?

7 Possible Audiences

• All people of a Darker skin tone
• All people of a Lighter skin tone
• Police Officers
• Store Owners
• Store Associates (retail, etc)
• General public
• The whole world (stereotyping happens everywhere)

3 Top Choices

• Store Owners
• General Public
• All people of a Darker skin tone

Pros/Cons

• Store Owners: The pros for writing to store owners would have to be that they will understand that judging people just on their appearance is wrong. I want them to catch on to my point and hopefully stop doing it. My cons for writing to store owners is that they will ignore me and just continue on as usual. They might even get worse on the judgements. They could also get offended by what I have to say.
• General Public: The pros for writing to a general is that everybody will hear about what I have to say. It is a topic that applies to multiple people and not just one person. Everyone will have a reason to read what I have to say. The cons for writing to a general public is that I will offend certain people. It is a difficult task to write in a way where every audience is taken into account and try to gain their trust.
• All people of a darker skin tone: The pros for writing to this audience is that it will be easy to connect with them since it is a topic that truely relates to them. They will be more open minded to what I have to say. They can connect with what I have to say. The pros for writing to people of a darker skin tone is that some people within that group might have a different opinion than mine. Also it will be bad if they just ignore what I have to say in general, especially if racial profiling has never happened to them.

Since I have to choose one audience to write to, I would have to say all people with a darker skin tone. Like I said in the above bullet point, I have a feeling they will be more open minded and will really connect to what I have to say. I will gain their trust and make them want to listen to me and hopefully make a change.

It's Because I'm Black Isn't It?: ETHOS!

Racial Profiling and stereotyping has been heightening for the past two decades due to false allegations by law enforcement agents against people of color. It has increased in number and frequency. This isn’t just talking about African Americans; It’s is referring to Hispanics, Indians, and many more ethnicities who have a darker skin tone then that of our Caucasian associates. Quantitative and qualitative evidence has been collected at a federal, state, and local level, confirming that racial profiling persists even though it was deemed unconstitutional.

       I, being an African American female and teenager who has friends and family who love to joke around, hear stereotypes more often then I want to. For instance, not all black teenagers get pregnant at a young age. That stereotype is also portrayed with Hispanic teenage females as well. All black people do not like fried chicken either. I, myself personally know of a few black people who can’t stand fried chicken. Teenagers that are of Indian descent are not playing to blow up the school. Yes, that may sound ridiculous but I have heard a stereotype like that.

       Teenagers aren’t the only group stereotyped; you also have adults who are stereotyped as well. At airports, security guards are allowed to do random searches on passengers at any moment. They don’t have to have a motive or reason, just every once in a while they feel the need to do it. Why is it that when an Indian passenger goes to get on the plane, they are stopped to be checked for bombs or drugs or other substances of that sort? It isn’t right to treat people that way.

        As far as education goes, black people are not inferior to white people when it comes to learning. We have the same amount of capabilities to achieve high goals and surpass high standards. We can excel in Ivy League schools and go on to exceptional careers. Dr. Benjamin Carson did not start off as a good student. Because he was black and the only black kid in his class, he was expected to fail, but he over came the bullying and name calling. He became the first surgeon to separate Siamese twins successfully with out one child having to die.

        We, African Americans and other ethnicities of a dark skin tone do not like being racially profiled or stereotyped. We take offense to it even if we don’t verbally express it. Yes we may joke around with some stereotypes but truth be told some of us feel some type of way on the inside.     

It's Because I'm Black Isn't It?

        Racial Profiling has been heightening for the past two decades due to false allegations by law enforcement agents against people of color. It has increased in number and frequency. This isn’t just talking about African Americans; It’s is referring to Hispanics, Indians, and many more ethnicities who have a darker skin tone then that of our Caucasian associates. Quantitative and qualitative evidence has been collected at a federal, state, and local level, confirming that racial profiling persists even though it was deemed unconstitutional.

            In the year 2005, drivers of African American descent were 4.5% likely to be arrested during a traffic stop than a Caucasian driver who only had a 2.1% chance of being arrested. It is very sickening to know that the very people who we trust to protect us in this country are the ones that bring us down. Now you may say to yourself, African Americans and Caucasians are not the only races targeted here; and you are absolutely right. Hispanics play a huge part in racial profiling as well. Hispanic drivers were 65% more likely to receive a ticket than Caucasian drivers who had a 56.2% chance and African American drivers who had a 55.8% chance. Racial profiling doesn’t just happen on the open road, it also happens right here in a local community.  

         Imagine a teenage female with cocoa colored skin walking into Victoria Secret in a predominately white neighborhood. She is just like every other shopper only a different color. She wanted to buy some under wear so she began to look around trying to make up her mind of which pair she wanted to get. All while she was searching, she felt eyes burning her back. She knew the cashiers and even the retail ladies were watching her, thinking she would steal. One retail lady even asked her if she was looking for something in particular. That may sound like a nice thing to say to someone but the girl knew the truth. I KNEW THE TRUTH! I knew the truth because I was that teenage girl.

          It is very demeaning and belittling to feel as if you don’t belong and know that people are judging you based on the color of your skin. Would you like it if people looked at you and thought you were dumb, or a gang banger, or even a drug dealer, just on your appearance? No you wouldn’t, so why do it to someone else?

 

 

 

 

Sources:

1. http://www.civilrights.org/publications/reports/racial-profiling2011/the-reality-of-racial.html
2. http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/background/history.php
    

          

Speaking Like Kincaid

 

                                                                    KINCAID

 

You see a man, a taxi driver; you ask him to take you to your destination; he quotes you a price. You immediately think that the price is in the local currency, for you are a tourist and you are familiar with these things (rates of exchange) and you fell even more free, for things seem so cheap, but then your driver ends by saying, “In U.S. currency.” You may say, “Hmmmm, do you have a formal sheet that lists official prices and destinations? Your driver obeys the law and shows you the sheet, and he apologizes for the incredible mistake he has made in quoting you a price off the top of his head which is so vastly different (favouring him) from the one listed. You are driven to your hotel by this taxi driver in his taxi, a brand new Japanese- made vehicle. The road on which you are traveling is a very bad road, very much in need of repair. You are feeling wonderful, so you say, “Oh, what a marvellous change these bad roads are from the splendid highways I am used to in North America.” (Or, worse, Europe.) Your driver is reckless; he is a dangerous man who drives in the middle of the road when he thinks no other cars are coming in the opposite direction, passes other cars on blind curves that run uphill, drives at sixty miles an hour on narrow, curving roads when the road sign, a rusting, beat-up thing left over from colonial days, says 40 MPH.  

 

 

 

                                                                       MY VERSION

 

 

You see a woman, a retail worker; you ask her to show you a certain clothing item; she points you in a direction annoyed. You notice that the direction she pointed you in is wrong, for you are lost and confused (which is normal for you) and no one is even around to help you, the store is deserted, but another retailer appears and gives you a nasty look, “Are you gonna buy something” You reply, “Why, does it bother you that I’m just standing here looking at clothes?” She roles her eyes and walks away mumbling under her breathe, and then returns with the department manager and tells her that your just standing here not buying anything but loitering as if that is acceptable (belittling me) on this premises. You are given dirty looks by both of these white women equally, seeing that you are a black woman. The emotions that you are feeling are swelling on the inside of you, soon you will have to blow. You are extremely angry, so you scream, “Uggh, How dare both of you racially profile me just because I am a black woman in a predominantly white store.” (with, scarce, customers.) They turned bright red; they almost started to sweat but managed to keep their cool as some customers walked by staring at both me and them while walking through the aisle, the manager tells me to please lower my voice, you respectfully but abruptly say no, more tension, both workers tell me to leave now, You say NO.

What Really Grinds My Gears!

 

Racial Profiling

1) It is not right to follow someone around a store, watching them like a hawk because you think they will steal. Someone meaning brown skinned.

*Hint: me at Victoria Secret

2) Trayvon Martin Case

*The final decision was wrong

3) Walking through a predominantly white neighborhood and being stared at as if we don’t belong

4) Being called a N***** just because of my skin color

5) People saying that Racial Profiling is usually accurate

Criminal Justice

1) A guilty person getting off because they have a good lawyer

2) An innocent person being imprisoned for something they didn’t do

3) police randomly searching people under false accusation

4) A judge being allowed to sentence how ever he wants just depending on what mood he is in

5) Ex- prisoners constantly harassed by police when they are just trying to get there lives together

*Being in the wrong place at the wrong time

Children

1) Foster homes should only be allowed to children left on the street or in danger at their own home.

*Parents who just don’t want their kids but is more than capable of raising them should be made to raise them. You lay down and made them, now raise them.

2) How the government wants to illegalize abortion

*What if the female was raped and she’s like thirteen?

Finance

1) How ATM machines are allowed to charge you fees when withdrawing money but not from your own bank.

2) How banks won’t stop your card from working when they know you’ve gone over your account balance limit.

*they just let you go bankrupt

Just some Humor

1) How people think it’s OKAY to wear stripes and plaid together as an outfit.

*THAT IS NEVER OKAY!!!!!