Discrimination and Racial Profiling - Coursework Example

Racial Profiling The population of the United s of America as of March 28, was 320.59 million. 81% of this population resided in the cities as well as suburbs. While New York is the most populous city, Texas and California are the most populous states. The Whites are the majority in the American population accounting to 77.8% of the total U.S population, followed by Hispanic and Latino Americans at 17.2%. The Hispanics are foreign-born people of white origin. The African-Americans are the largest racial minority at 13.

4% and are the most discriminated. An estimated 55% of the African-Americans resides in the south (Rubin, Paolini, & Crisp, 2010).The categorization of people based on their race has resulted in numerous problems starting in the 17th century all the way to the 21st century. It promoted slave trade, especially for Africans. This explains why the African-Americans are the most segregated group in the U.S (Klein, 2012). After being arrested, a black person is 33% more likely to be incarcerated as compared to the whites.

An African-American is 30% more likely to drop out of school than the whites and 21% than the Hispanics or Latinos. In the same way, the police are likely to pull over and frisk either blacks or Latinos than whites. In the city of New York, 80% of the police stops made were for African-Americans, 60% for Hispanics, and 12% for whites. In 2013, the U.S Sentencing Commission reported that blacks received 11% longer than whites for similar crimes than whites. In the same way, the black drug offenders were 20% more likely than whites to receive mandatory minimum sentences (Alexander, 2013).

To that effect, the blacks remain the most discriminated ethnic group. As the most segregated minority groups, the blacks have been forced to give up their culture so as to participate in the mainstream American life. Recent studies have indicated that 75% of the black ethnic minority experience unemployment. Furthermore, their health and education facilities are poorly equipped than the white’s who are considered the majority community and superior (Waters, 2011).ReferencesAlexander, M. (2013).

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