Discuss the controversial practice of racial profiling.

What will be an ideal response?


Racial profiling is the use of law enforcement and private security to target people of color for ridicule, extensive policing, detentions, interrogations, searches, and seizures often with no evidence of criminal activity. Given that minority men are more likely to be racially profiled by the police, this practice is controversial.

Sociology

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The authors of this selection believe that the best way to understand the occurrence of "sanctioned massacres" is through understanding

a. why people hate. b. why people fight wars. c. why people become frustrated. d. what social conditions encourage immoral acts. e. the nature of all organized life.

Sociology

People who have given up looking for work and have dropped out of the labor force are called

A) underemployed workers. B) discouraged workers. C) unemployed workers. D) alienated workers.

Sociology

In Amsterdam, a 21-year-old prostitute is scantily clothed, exhibiting her attributes in a storefront, smiling at potential patrons as they walk by. Based on this mental image, which statement best describes what is in progress?

A) This is an example of social interaction.
B) A misdemeanor is being committed.
C) The prostitute is guilty of indecent exposure.
D) This a classic example of macrosociology.

Sociology

Even when husbands and wives are both employed outside of the home, the bulk of the domestic responsibilities fall on women. The sociological term for this is ______

a. the dual labor market b. gender segregation c. the second shift d. familial inequity

Sociology