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Racial Profiling-Vocabulary

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Civil LibertiesF. Civil rights, especially those that protect freedom of speech, religion, and the right to privacy, that protect individuals from interference from the government
Racial Profiling DebateC. mostly deals with the question of whether or not racial profiling exists, and not whether it is good or bad to use racial profiling
People who believe that Racial Profiling existsD. Those who condemn profiling as poor practice on the part of police and maintain that it unfairly targets certain ethnic or cultural groups
PseudoscienceG. Practices that resemble experimental science, but in fact have little basis in fact or are largely unproven through experimentation.
Stop and SearchH. The short term for the police practice of stopping motorists, asking for their registration and identification, and demanding their cars be searched. Stop and searches are most commonly used to search for illegal drugs or guns.
Racial Profilinga law enforcement and security agency practice that encourages officers to stop, search, and investigate people based on race, ethnicity, nationality or religion
People who deny that Racial Profiling existsE. those who believe that in specific instances, targeting groups, neighborhoods, or organizations is simply good investigative technique, and that race is one of many possible criteria that police and security officers can use to narrow down a pool of suspects
"DW [term]"."Driving While [insert term here]." A common slang term used to describe racial profiling in English-speaking countries by groups who feel targeted by the police during traffic stops. Examples include "DWB: Driving While Black or Brown" in the United States and Canada; in Britain, "DWA: Driving While Asian" (Asian in this case meaning people from India and Pakistan), and in many countries, "DWM: Driving While Muslim."


Downers Grove South High School
Downers Grove, IL

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