Fear and ignorance fueling racial profiling after Sept. 11

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 9/19/2002 | Acel Moore

[Northpaw]

One of these days, after another hijacking, an airport video tape is going to capture Achmed the perp breezing through security just ahead of Aunt Mabel who gets strip searched. Even then, nothing will change.

[chasio649]

well well well....i knew somehow that since this was a white woman in the south, it wouldn't take much to link her to the klan and the bombing in birmingham...even got a stab at slaveowners and the obligatory mention of africa. Folks just wonder why i have the attitude that i have. I guess she should just apologize to them and gouge her damn eyeballs out so she can see as well as Ray Charles ( a man that would be in the projects selling pencils if it wasn't for white people kissing his a$$ and buying his tired old songs)

[truth_seeker]

One of these days, after another hijacking, an airport video tape is going to capture Achmed the perp breezing through security just ahead of Aunt Mabel who gets strip searched. Even then, nothing will change.

Well, at some point, if the US govt. will not stop Achmed, then it will fall to the good citizens of the US to stop Achmed. And at that point, things WILL have changed, I assure you.

And Achmed will have been stopped, and all/many/most of his buddies/lookalikes/co-religionists will be EAGER to distance themselves from the bad guys. Note how they rollover so quickly when caught.

We aren't dealing with the most brave, committed folks, here. I was always taught that suicide was an act of cowardice, and I still believe it, more than ever. Remember, these guys are basically the cousin's of Saddam's brave troopers, who surrendered in mass, to CNN photographers.

Sorry if it sounds like I'm full of false bravado, about a potentially dangerous foe. I'll grant the danger. Otherwise, these folks' real specialty is killing women, children and civilians. They've never put up a decent fight, against armed soldiers.