What is racial profiling? I'm getting confused.

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  • Hallelujah
    Junior Member
    • Dec 2008
    • 2741
    #1

    What is racial profiling? I'm getting confused.

    911 caller in Gates arrest never referred to 'black suspects' - CNN.com
    http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/gates.arrest/index.html
    The woman who made the 911 call that led to the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. never referred to black suspects when she called authorities for what she thought was a potential break-in.


    "Speaking to CNN by phone, Murphy said she was trying to clear Whalen's name after she's come under attack by bloggers and in chat rooms, accused of racial profiling when she first called police."

    So a statement of fact is now considered racial profiling (even though she didn't mention race). Bloggers have gone after this woman because they thought she identified the two men as black? From what I understand, it turns out that at least one was black.

    Is that racial profiling?

    Someone breaks into your house. The police officer is allowed to ask what they were wearing, how tall they were, possible age, but not whether they were white, black, hispanic, asian?
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    • DU Ute
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      • Dec 2008
      • 7393
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        • Non Sequitur
          Where did I put my bodkin
          • Nov 2008
          • 5773
          #3
          Originally posted by Hallelujah View Post
          http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/gat...est/index.html

          "Speaking to CNN by phone, Murphy said she was trying to clear Whalen's name after she's come under attack by bloggers and in chat rooms, accused of racial profiling when she first called police."

          So a statement of fact is now considered racial profiling (even though she didn't mention race). Bloggers have gone after this woman because they thought she identified the two men as black? From what I understand, it turns out that at least one was black.

          Is that racial profiling?

          Someone breaks into your house. The police officer is allowed to ask what they were wearing, how tall they were, possible age, but not whether they were white, black, hispanic, asian?
          Why is it that 90% of your posts deal with minorities? I'm not saying you're racist, but you seem to be inordinately concerned with issues that are race related.
          "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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            • Indy Coug
              Heartless Bastard
              • Dec 2008
              • 18747
              #4
              Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post
              Why is it that 90% of your posts deal with minorities? I'm not saying you're racist, but you seem to be inordinately concerned with issues that are race related.
              Sounds like you're profiling here...
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                • Hallelujah
                  Junior Member
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 2741
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post
                  Why is it that 90% of your posts deal with minorities? I'm not saying you're racist, but you seem to be inordinately concerned with issues that are race related.
                  News of the day I was commenting on. Front page of CNN's website. I wish the topic would go away.

                  BTW......take another statistics class if you think 90% of my posts are about minorities.

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