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Originally Posted by Jager
For the record, when Italians and the Irish came to North America, they were treated like crap, and for good reason. They committed the crime!
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I believe they were treated like crap even before they had any chance to commit a crime.
Racial or nationality-based profiling exists from the beginning of the mankind, simply because all of us tend to identify with the in-group and have negative attitude towards the out-group. Moreover, if we have the opinion, that the crime or some acts of terrorism are being committed by a particular group of people (once again, based on race or nationality, or as it's common now, by religion), we will always look for evidence and remember the actual events that prove our opinion is right.
Getting back to your main topic of discussion, racial profiling won't solve any problems in society. Sure, if there's a man/woman who looks suspiciously, they have to be checked out, anyways, checking out everyone who's of the particular race or nationality is simply absurd.
Everyone wants to feel safe, but instead of repeating the mistakes of the past, the governments should be educating people to overcome the paranoya and open their eyes. However, it's too idealistic - governments all over the world give the education that is useful for themselves...