Assignment on of Social Issues

of Social Issues Introduction

           The issue identified to be discussed in this persuasive speech is a social issue of our society which is “racial profiling”. We live in a society where human being are sub-classified based on races. Races enable us to identify the ancestors and belongings of a person. It supports us to understand personality attributes, characteristics, and qualities of a person based on his/her family backgrounds. In general, it brings us several benefits in identifying other people and present our self in a community concerning our family backgrounds (Opentextbc.ca, 2020).

of Social Issues Racial Profiling

          Do we think races are made only for a good purpose? Is biological identification the only reason for races? Or is it a trigger for social issues and inhumanity practices in our society? In reality, racial profiling is in use to identify the social status of a person. In many countries around the world, racial profiling is the major social issue because of which many people find themselves unable to work and live properly (Little, 2014).

            Apart, I am also willing to represent the big picture of the overall impact of this social issue on the normal life in our society and specifically on the subordinated group. My motivation behind addressing this social issue is to highlight the possible negative consequences associated with racial profiling. Moreover, I would also throw light on increasing cases of stereotyping, discrimination, and prejudice in our community as a result of this racial profiling.

          Racial profiling represents the discriminative practices by law enforcement officials for any specifically targeted individual based on his/her race, religion, or ethnicity. Racial profiling causes insecurities and abnormal treatment at workplaces because of illogical stereotyping associated with a specific race. For instance, Muslims community are targeted for the World Trade Center attack with the absence of any logical connection (Aclu.org, 2020).

             Recently, the US community is having a burning question of racial profiling. The case of killing George Floyd is a current social issue supported by racial discriminative behaviours in the United States. According to the media reports, George Floyd was a black man of 46-years age. He was arrested in Minneapolis because of counterfeit bill allegedly use. Briefly speaking, he was killed by a white policeman who knelt on his neck for nine minutes with attention to tease him. Before dying a couple of times he said that he is unable to breathe. Still, white policeman Derek Chauvin did not remove his knee from his neck. After struggling to breathe for nine minutes he died in the end. This case is not the only inhuman case recorded in US history for racial profiling. Such unethical and discriminative incidents are quite common in this advanced society. A general perception for the US is that the US provides the freedom to its citizens and an ethical environment with strict rules and regulations for society. Even if such cases are possible in this community then surely racial profiling is the most important social issue of the present time. Racial profiling is now only generating barriers for the advancement and betterment of life of black people and sub-ordinated groups in our society but it is also allowing threats for the life of these people.

              In many areas around the world, innocent people are being killed based on these races differences. Is it seems ethical to us? Should we allow racial profiling destroys our societies with the illogical and discriminative classification of the human being. Of course not. Racial profiling not only influencing the life of people belonging to a specific race only. Sometimes, a discriminative action taken against one race creates destructive outcomes for the whole society. Continuing to the case of George Floyd, the cross country protest is shaking the economy of Americans. Several outlets of brands were looted during protecting. A recent survey found that more than 60% of the people involved in this protection are white people.  People belonging to four main races, Asian, Hispanic, black and white are actively involved in the protest against US President Donald Trump who supported the white policeman for killing George Floyd by a discriminative official statement regarding this case (PARKER, HOROWITZ, & ANDERSON, 2020).

of Social Issues Conclusion

           Concluding this persuasive speech, racial profiling is an important social issue that influences the daily life of many people in our society. From educational barriers to career barriers and from discriminative behaviour to threats for the life of these subordinated groups, all social issues are backed by this racial profiling. The discussion concludes that we cannot allow white people to kill innocent black people neither we allow black people to create issues for white people. Instead, this social issue should be controlled by the government and regulatory authorities of our societies. Some serious actions are required to be taken against race-based discrimination and stereotyping for the removal of such social issues.

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