Racial profiling is something that shouldn't be tolerated or condoned anywhere, but now that Arizona has passed a new immigration bill that will allow police officers the authority to pull over "suspected" immigrants and demand proof of citizenship, it seems as though targeting a certain group of people because of their race, is just fine.
The question is what exactly does an immigrant look like?
Are they fat or skinny? Do they have long beards, or do they speak with an accent?
You can't just look at someone and assume that they are immigrants. Mexicans will be the main target because that is the largest minority population in Arizona.
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer argues that racial profiling is illegal in Arizona, and officers will be specially trained so they can implement the law without engaging in racial profiling.
But if police officers are told to keep a close eye on a certain race, that's what they're going to do.
Supporters of this bill imply that immigrants are bad people who don't deserve an opportunity to succeed in America.
One could argue that immigrants are the backbone of this country, with all the hard work, and manual labor they put in, for very little pay.
It is not realistic for immigrants to carry paperwork at all times. If they are with family, they will not be thinking about proving they are legal.
This is not the first incident in which Arizona has discriminated against minorities.
They were one of the last states to create a holiday for the slain leader Martin Luther King Jr.
With so much diversity at FC, I couldn't fathom a law like this being implemented in California.
There may be students here on campus whose parents are immigrants, but because of the sacrifice they made, those students are now able to attend college and become successful.
That's what America is all about; equal opportunity. With this new law, not only is Gov. Brewer being biased against minorities, but she's also hindering the youth from furthering their education, and becoming model citizens in America.
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