Question

who is impacted by racial profiling? Provide supporting evidence.

Answer 1

People who experience profiling pay the price emotionally, psychologically, mentally and in some cases even financially and physically.

The American Psychological Association notes that research psychologists have studied the psychological effects of racial profiling and found that “victim effects” of racial profiling include post-traumatic stress disorder and other forms of stress-related disorders, perceptions of race-related threats and failure to use available community resources.

The impact of profiling extends beyond those who directly experience it. It also impacts on families, friends, classmates, and neighbours. This means that the social and economic cost of racial profiling is widespread.

Mostly minorities are the victims of racialprofiling. The biggest differences regarding racial profiling observed in the survey are by race. Seventy-seven percent of blacks say that racial profiling is widespread, compared to 56% of whites. Eighty percent or more of both whites and blacks disapprove of the practice, however.

In a research, Americans were asked if they had ever been stopped just because of their race or ethnic background. More than four out of ten blacks responded "yes." For blacks, such incidents are not isolated events. About six out of ten of those who say they have been stopped because of their race say it has occurred three or more times, including 15% who say it has happened eleven or more times. Almost Three-Quarters of Young Black Men Report Having Been Stopped by Police Because of Their Race.

The incidence of having been stopped on the basis of skin color or ethnic background varies widely by age and gender within the black population.

It happens in every country with the minority population, be it on race, colour, religious or ethnic background.