Racial Profiling Okay?

American Voices

September 7, 2005 | ISSUE 41•36

A recent study shows that most Americans do not have a problem with racial profiling by law enforcement officers. What do you think?

don't think the police or government should be empowered to do racial profiling. That should be left up to me, when I cross the street to avoid brown people

Philip Convers
Bank Teller
acial profiling just makes sense. But it's also wrong, so I'm torn

Catherine Simmons
Systems Analyst
t's always important never to make assumptions, because appearances can deceive. For example, do you really know what race I am? All right, I'm black

Mario Guiterrez
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