Face the Truth: Racial Profiling Across America
'I've seen a lot in my life but to be degraded, not just stripped of my clothes, being stripped of my dignity was what I had a problem with.' Kurdish American Karwan Abdul Kader was detained and interrogated by local law enforcement for no reason other than driving around in the wrong neighborhood. Watch stories like his in this powerful new documentary showing the devastating impact of racial profiling on communities across America, including the African American, Latino, Arab, Muslim and South Asian communities. The 11 minute documentary accompanies a Rights Working Group report calling on the government to stop this unconstitutional and humiliating practice.
Since the Declaration of Independence, America has striven to uphold fairness and due process. In the aftermath of 9-11, our country has seen a steady erosion of basic human rights. Some of our laws have been denying basic due process to thousands of people in the United States, and many policies discriminate against people on the basis of national origin, race, religion, or citizenship.
Racial and religious profiling is being recognized as a pervasive problem that affects many communities across the country. While traditionally thought of as targeting African Americans, profiling affects a broad range of people in the U.S., including Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, Arabs, Muslims and South Asians. Not only is racial and religious profiling humiliating and degrading for the people subjected to it, it is unconstitutional and violates fundamental human rights, it is an ineffective law enforcement practice, and it damages community security.
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