The Moving Target. Kareem Fahim.
by Fahim, Kareem; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 24Human Relations. Publisher: Amnesty Now, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Amnesty International | Arab Americans | Civil rights | Muslims -- United States | Racial profiling | RacismDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Prior to the September 11 [2001] terrorist attacks, racial profiling was known as a mostly state and local law enforcement practice that unfairly targeted blacks, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos for police scrutiny solely on the basis of race or ethnicity....But in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the legislation--and the political will to ban profiling--disappeared." (AMNESTY NOW) This article discusses racial profiling in the post-9/11 environment, noting "people who had once condemned profiling were now willing to tolerate or even defend targeting Arabs and Muslims."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Moving Target, Winter 2003; pp. 6-9.
"Prior to the September 11 [2001] terrorist attacks, racial profiling was known as a mostly state and local law enforcement practice that unfairly targeted blacks, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos for police scrutiny solely on the basis of race or ethnicity....But in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the legislation--and the political will to ban profiling--disappeared." (AMNESTY NOW) This article discusses racial profiling in the post-9/11 environment, noting "people who had once condemned profiling were now willing to tolerate or even defend targeting Arabs and Muslims."
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