Racial Profiling Is Not The Ultimate Crime



Posted: Friday, May 14, 2010

by Josh Greenberger

(May 14, 2010) The controversy over Arizona's crack-down on illegal aliens is a gross distortion of the issue of human rights. We -- legal aliens and citizens -- all have rights. And we have no right to deprive others of theirs. We have no right, for example, to hold people captive against their will. But if there's a shooter, let's say, in a school or mall and the police order a lockdown, holding people against their will, in an effort to catch the perpetrator, that's within the right of the law for the greater good of the people.

We sequester jurists in the interest of rendering a just verdict in a criminal case. Aren't we holding them against their will? Of course we are. But for a higher calling certain rights are abrogated.

The government does not have the right, for example, to come into your home, uninvited. But with the legality of a warrant, those rights are temporary abolished.

Stopping people who "look" like they may be illegal aliens and asking them for identification may be racial profiling. But if the issue is rampant violence, or even lost jobs in an already bad economy, the right of not being discriminated against pales in comparison to the right of being safe or supporting your family.

Stopping a tall guy with blond hair and blue eyes to see if he's an illegal alien who slipped across the Mexican border would be just plain stupid. Of course you're going to stop someone who fits the physical profile of most people who slip across our southern border. Is it wrong? Not if you're protecting the more urgent rights of Americans.

The state of Arizona has set an excellent example of striking out against the political correctness stupidity that's been sweeping and destroying our country. The rights of the few should never trump greater rights of the many. And the "rights" of individuals who are in this country illegally should never, ever come before greater and legitimate rights of Americans.


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» left by Jean Horst
 2 years ago.
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I think you are misunderstanding what Arizona's law actually tells law enforcement to do. First, they must question anyone who "looks" illegal, then if proof of citizenship or legal status is not given, they take you to jail until someone can bring "proof". A driver's license is not proof. Our government has no "proof" of citizenship except passport, not all citizens have passports.
 
Every person who has tanned skin (whether by birth or sun exposure) and dark hair better carry their passport at all times in Arizona. It's the only "proof" they may have. There's no question that this will not just infringe on the "rights of a few".
 
No one faults Arizona for wanting to control their borders and shame on the Federal Government for letting this all get so out of hand. But due to the skin pigmentation of some of my completely Anglo immediate family members, I will not be going to Arizona until adjustments are made to this law.
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