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Subject: Racial Profiling - Semi-vent


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Mallyn
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Date Posted: 11:43:54 10/11/02 Fri

Just saw another news report on racial profiling Arabs for purposes of airline security. What I want to know is why this is considered acceptable - even amoung minority groups such as the (oh god what are they) African-Americans? Why do Americans sit back and say it's okay to do this? Is it because they believe that the sterotypes about Arabs are true? Not all Arabs are terrorists, and not all terrorists are Arabs. Richard Reid, John Walker Lindh (a slightly different example, but nonetheless), and that kid who flew his airplane into a Florida highrise. None of those people were terrorists.

And what about some of the atrocities committed against the Palestinians? Just because Israel is in power, it's okay to commit such horrible acts? It's no longer terrorism? THEY'RE TERRIFIED, TOO!!!

Okay, sorry for the vent. Although, I guess there really is no off-topic on this list.

-Mallyn

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