I. Intro
A. Example from book “Driving While Black” of U.S. Army Sergeant who happens to be black is pulled over frequently in one day and then taken in police car cruelly. (Harris)
B. Definition of racial profiling and its background
C. Thesis: It is unconstitutional and ineffective fore law enforcers to use race and ethnicity as grounds for searching for law breakers.
II. Body Paragraphs
A. Racial profiling’s biggest examples:
1. 9-11
a. Airport security (New Scientist)
B. What are the arguments being made?
1. Political Correctness Shouldn’t be a Factor in Assuring Security (Ehrenfeld)
2. Certain crimes really are committed more often by people of certain races
C. Why is it not effective?
1. Statistics are skewed (del Carmen)
a. Traffic stops
b. Searches
c. Using force
2. Already existing prejudices warp our view
D. Why is it not constitutional?
1. Civil Rights Movement (del Carmen)
2. “All men are created equal” and have “unalienable rights”
III. Conclusion
A. Summarize paper
B. Restate thesis
1 comment:
You seem to have a fairly good idea of what you would like to include in your paper. I think one way to improve your paper is to organize your thoughts into more specific ideas. I might also include a section that talks about how we can stop using racial profiling. Also, I would concentrate on the writing style you will be using, and thinking of particular rebuttals to use.
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