On AlterNet: racial profiling
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "racial profiling"
AlterNet AlterNet: ImmigrationAugust 31, 2009.
"FBI agents are allowed to racially profile an individual if it is determined to be in the nation’s national interests."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. August 18, 2009.
The Boston policeman who called Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey" had taken racial-sensitivity training classes. It's not clear they work.
Raj Jayadev, New America Media. July 29, 2009.
Tomorrow's White House happy hour is an uncommon ending to a common occurrence –- a man of color citing racial profiling after an arrest.
Anonymous, This Week in Blackness. July 27, 2009.
Would we -- or Gates -- care if this story had happened to a plumber? Probably not.
Haider Rizvi, IPS News. July 2, 2009.
Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of law enforcement just because they are not white.
Roberto Lovato, New America Media. September 23, 2008.
Thousands of people of Mexican descent were subjected to unmeetable demands to prove that they are citizens of the US before getting a passport.
Edwin Okong'o, deleted. July 15, 2008.
Going through legal channels to study in America doesn't protect young people from racism.
Stephen J. Fortunato, Jr., In These Times. May 24, 2008.
A recent ruling obliquely -- but forcefully -- slams the courthouse door on any attempts to challenge this widespread law enforcement practice.
Pam Spaulding, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. May 3, 2008.
Racial profiling claims prove hard to verify.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 25, 2008.
New York City police officers get away with murder. Again.
S. Abbas Raza, The Smart Set. February 2, 2008.
Tales of a Pakistani immigrant dealing with racial profiling, the Patriot Act and the INS as he tries to make a life in New York City.
Tammy Johnson, RaceWire AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2007.
Tammy Johnson: As a result entire communities have been branded as "at-risk" and are being placed under surveillance
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. April 9, 2007.
The next digital divide could introduce a new era in racial profiling.
