Monday, November 4, 2013

RACIAL PROFILING LIVES ON

So this article says that police in New York now have the ability to stop and search African and Latino people...just because. Especially in high crime African-American and Latinos areas a police officer could search and arrest a man even if it was for a very minor infraction. This puts many African-American and Latinos at a high risk for surveillance, harassment, violence and death.

Vocabulary #9

ultimate- greatest or most extreme.
interactive-  mutually or reciprocally active.
principle- a moral rule or belief that helps you know what is right and wrong and that influences your actions.
guidance- help or advice that tells you what to do.
collaboration- to work with another person or group in order to achieve or do something.
formative- used to describe the time when someone or something is growing or being formed.
summative- cumulative.
racism- poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race.
intelligence- the ability to learn or understand things or to deal with new or difficult situations.
From article:
indication- something that points out or shows something.
hyperbolic- extravagant exaggeration.
predominantly- for the most part; mainly.
inevitably- as is to be expected.
discretion- the right to choose what should be done in a particular situation.
impermissibly- not allowed or permitted.
doctrine- a state of government policy especially in international relations.
provision- the act or process of supplying or providing something.
excessive- going beyond what is usual.
hypothetical- involving or based on a suggested idea or theory.