Racial Profiling By Martin Luther King Jr. - 1928 Words

As Martin Luther King Jr. said in his famous speech: â€Å"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.† Though delivered in 1963, his dream has not yet been fulfilled. In modern society, racial profiling, or suspecting that someone could have perpetrated a crime based on their ethnicity or race, is a prevalent issue as black citizens are more likely to be convicted of a crime. Color is not reasonable evidence in the courtroom however. Prejudice is a defining characteristic of human behavior, and it cannot consistently be kept in check by one’s conscience and society. Remnants of old prejudices have made it harder for the†¦show more content†¦Based on the fifty-four percent of people that were searched, there is a strong assumption that the black demographic is being racially profiled. These statistics have remained consistent over fourte en years. These practices should be discontinued due to their moral implications. Article eleven of the UDHR states that all humans are entitled to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, when policemen stops a certain group of people, they clearly demonstrate mistrust in the innocence of a suspect, and discriminate by singling out black people, a violation of article seven. The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is also violated: â€Å"each man’s home is his castle.† Thus the government does not have the right to do arbitrary searches (â€Å"Fourth Amendment†). Stop-and-frisk processes appear to be unconstitutional and inhumane if racial profiling is involved. Using statistics, blacks seem to be targets of more â€Å"stop-and-frisks,† making the issue of racial profiling indisputable by the opposition. Not enough is being done with these discriminatory and fruitless actions. 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