Re: profiling and my arabic friends

[Chris Lindemer <CD-Lindemer at wiu_edu>]

J. Marie Hall wrote:

>is there any good argument out there to eliminate
>profiling?  i know it stinks and causes
>inconvenience--but it's not the equivalent of 
>discrimination.  it seems to be used in all situations
>for any race/religion etc.  i think about the recent
>kidnapping of elizabeth smart...the authorities have
>profiled that lunatic and hit up the lovely white
>male.  so i don't think i can see how it's unfair. 
>  
>
I think a key difference is how the profiling is used.  Say a suspect in 
a murder case is identified as a white male in his forties.  This 
immediately eliminates a vast majority of the population from suspicion. 
 This is the *good* kind of profiling.  It focuses on eliminating people 
from suspicion.  Compare this with the recent anti-arab profiling, where 
there is no crime necessarily committed.  It it looking for a person to 
attack, instead of looking for people to relieve of suspicion.

-Smitty the civil-liberty nut

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