Part of protecting yourself is negative profiling -
the silver haired woman with the walker would be excluded from the threat matrix,
while the group of “teens” that just crossed the street a half block ahead of me - Condition Red.
If you are walking down a dark alley and come across a group of young black males in your path you are AN IDIOT if you are not cautious.
93% of all black murders are by young black males- and 80% of ALL murders overall. This is a shocking statistic
Profiling is NOT a black vs. white issue.
We profile people every day. Its called using good judgment and common sense. Its a survival tactic.
Too bad Zemir Begic didn’t have enough sense to profile.
I knew a guy(black)in Lauderdale that told me as kids(70”s) they would go to Burdines in downtown laud and ride the elevator just to freak out whites.
Now they go to beat the crap out of them
we all profile a thousand times a day.
its called being discerning,,,,
a rapidly approaching car jumps the curb....and heads your way Onto The SIdewalk....your profiling skills once again save your life as you recognize......the inherent danger,,and leap out of the way.
race profiling is CULTURE Profiling
This is why you would never hire a marketing director that knows the targeted market, he would be obviously profiling.
Lloyd has one hell of a sense of humor to quote that line. One of the funniest movies ever made . . .
Three stupids in one sentence. Shortcut, convenience store, and alley
If someone called me a racist, I’d call them a jackass and tell them we know each others opinion of the other...idiots.
Very well stated Mr. Marcus! Liberals are nuts and if they want to stay this way they can be the ones picked to hit on the streets. Like the lady who went to the mall in Saudia Arabia doing her desire to see what their customs and life is like so she can be a better teacher. Now she has twins with no mom. I wonder about her husband who let her take them with her anyway....a liberal??
The reactions of fear and disgust are nature’s way of quarantining. They are survival mechanisms that work.
DOJ issued a directive against racial profiling which stated that enforcement decisions could not be based on someones national origin.
I thought, "what the hell are they talking about"? Every enforcement decision I make is based on someone's national origin. Its the only fundamental issue at hand.
Such is the level of stupidity in the US government.
The USA is a country with a complete lack of mutual trust. It’s not just Black/White. It’s all over and everybody.
I doubt this trust will ever come back.
I recall a story (sorry, I don’t recall the source), where, as a school study, young, black men went into stores, attired in ‘urban gear’. They were treated with suspicion. The following week, they returned to the same stores, but dressed in business attire. For some ‘strange’ reason, they were treated respectfully.
I can’t imagine why.
Black people profile just as much as white people do. When I used to ride on public transportation a lot, there were plenty of times that black women, alone, would choose to sit next to me, a young white guy, rather than next to young black men on the train. Everyone knows who the troublemakers are, even if they don’t want to admit it.
About a year ago, I was talking to my daughter on the phone. She was coming out of class and heading to her car. Suddenly she screamed. I asked what happened and she said some girl came off a porch and pulled her hair.
I said “Was she black?” She said yes.
My next word was RUN.
She did and got to her car safely.
Was I profiling? You bet I was.
Well said, Lloyd Marcus!
What is arbitrarily calling someone who disagrees with you a “racist”, but profiling?
“Profiling” is instinctive and learned reactions to obvious or perceived danger. And when you hear about black-on-black, and black-on-whites crime E V E R Y. D A M N. D A Y it sort of sends up flags as a possible source of danger. When you hear some black yelling “kill whitey” E V E R Y. D A M N. D A Y”, and you’re white, it might put you on alert.
My dog “profiles”. She instinctively knows what constitutes possible danger.
Without the ability to “profile”, we would be but robots. We couldn’t learn the basics of safety. It falls in the category of “all guns being considered loaded”, based on the statistics of the number of people shot by supposed “unloaded” guns; a child learns to consider all stoves to “hot”, and to look both ways before crossing the street.
It’s based on reputation, so things and people that have a reputation to be dangerous “profiled”.
Most people will not believe the meme “black lives matter” until places like Chicago are cleared of “black-on-black” murders daily, and the crime rates for blacks go down, all we hear is hypocrisy.