Racial Profiling News

California police stop proves racial profiling is alive and well

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:37 AM on 03/15/2010

OPINION - In an address to a joint session of Congress in 2001, then President Bush blasted racial profiling, "It's wrong and we will end it in America." It hasn't...

Sen. Inhofe: "I believe in racial and ethnic profiling"

By theGrio

5:11 PM on 01/21/2010

Not many senators are willing to own up to this, but here's Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) in today's Fort Hood hearing in the Armed Services Committee...

White House party crashers prove racial profiling goes both ways

By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

9:30 AM on 11/27/2009

OPINION - All that this couple needed to gain entrance into a state dinner at the White House was a tuxedo, traditional Indian evening wear, attitude, and white skin.

White cop evades criminal charges in death of Omar Edwards

By theGrio via AP

10:42 AM on 08/14/2009

NEW YORK (AP) -- A white police officer who killed an off-duty black colleague in a friendly fire incident that raised questions about racial profiling will not face criminal charges, prosecutors said Thursday.

Actress Joy Bryant guilty of racial profiling

By Joy Bryant

3:08 PM on 08/10/2009

If I see a solo white dude on a trail between the ages of 25-35 and I'm alone, I'm on high alert...

Black cop at Gates arrest: I'm not an Uncle Tom

By theGrio via AP

10:30 AM on 07/31/2009

A black sergeant who was at the home of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. when he was arrested says he's been maligned as an "Uncle Tom" for supporting the actions of the white arresting officer.

Obama flunks his "teachable moment"

By Mark Anthony Neal

8:39 AM on 07/31/2009

We all want a president who takes the time to hear about and understand the everyday struggles we face. But that is exactly what the president failed to do when he took up the issue of the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. by a Cambridge police officer....

Police and press fell short in Gates' arrest

By Santita Jackson

2:00 AM on 07/31/2009

It is difficult to wrap ourselves around Gates' arrest because there is nil to no consensus about the facts. The two weeks since the arrest leave me with many questions. Questions if raised and investigated - let alone answered - would give this story a different ending. Was the press...

Beer summit looks great, needs more filling

By Lola Adesioye

7:18 PM on 07/30/2009

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have a beer with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., left, and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley, right, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 30, 2009.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Today, the president and vice president sat...

One 'dialogue' in a long conversation about race

By Ron Allen

4:11 PM on 07/30/2009

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -The most intriguing moment in the confrontation between Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley was when Crowley came to understand that the man in the house was in fact who he said he was, that he was in his own home and that there had...

When it comes to race, we could all use a drink

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

8:54 AM on 07/30/2009

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., drinks beer at Raleigh Times bar in Raleigh, N.C.,Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) You can make fun of me for being a goody two shoes, but I've never finished a beer in my entire life. I am, however, willing to...

Attorney General: I was racially profiled

By theGrio via AP

7:09 PM on 07/29/2009

The nation's first black attorney general, Holder tells ABC News that, as a college student, he was stopped by an officer while driving and told to open his trunk for a search.

Brewski diplomacy won't wash down racism

By Rashod D. Ollison

12:59 PM on 07/28/2009

Unemployment among African Americans, which some may partly attribute to racism, is now at Depression-era levels. Racial profiling and police brutality continue to be routine occurrences in poor communities of color. Yet mainstream media tell us we're in a "post-racial America" following the election of the country's first black president....

10 things you must know when stopped by police

By Dr. Jeff Gardere

9:42 AM on 07/27/2009

In my post last Friday, I asserted that Professor Gates could have done a better job in handling the incident, which ultimately resulted in his arrest. I also brought up the possibility that Sgt. Crowley's actions may have been influenced by unconscious or institutional racism. Many readers disagreed with me...

Obama to Dems: Health reform 'is in your hands'

VIDEO - Victory within reach, President Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history...