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Maybe they should . In cases of serial killers/mass shooting sprees/another thing I won't name since it isn't the topic , the person is usually male and white
Whites are, by definition: European-Americans - those people in America of European ancestry.
Many latinos have solely European roots. Latino just stands for a person of latin (European) speaking background. Because the Spanish and the Portuguese didn't exterminate their native americans but instead mixed with them, there are more people of clearly mixed-race backgrounds in places like mexico compared to the USA. Saying latino's aren't white is like saying American citizens aren't white. Latinos and American citizens can be of any race.
Anyways the census definition does not equate being European with being white. It equates being "caucasoid" with being white. Which is why people from North Africa, the middle east, and as far as Afghanistan sometimes are classified as white in statistics.
If one group of people believe they are inherently superior to another group they are emotionally invested in preserving the image of that superiority. Therefore they can't honestly look at and address problems that occur within their own culture. That's a critical weakness.
Much like Mohamed - the Arab male, aged 20-40 - is 1,000 times more likely to be profiled at the airport than Betty, the 80 year old lady.
White males have committed far more acts of domestic terrorism than Arabs in this country. Before 9/11, the costliest terrorist attack on US soil was Oklahoma City.
So if we're going to profile at airports or other public places, we need to be consistent and profile white males and arab males.
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That works too. And see, we can profile because we know the current situational factors that go into internet-based sex crimes against children. Whites are more likely to have access to the technology that allows these crimes to happen, so it's more likely they'll use it to target their victims vs. other races/ethnicities, where there is currently a persistent "technology gap."
Not sure how one would "profile" in this situation, however, since you would not usually know who is on the other end until arrest. Maybe if one was doing a physical sweep for child pornography, but the current methods of enforcement are color-blind.
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Many latinos have solely European roots. Latino just stands for a person of latin (European) speaking background. Because the Spanish and the Portuguese didn't exterminate their native americans but instead mixed with them, there are more people of clearly mixed-race backgrounds in places like mexico compared to the USA. Saying latino's aren't white is like saying American citizens aren't white. Latinos and American citizens can be of any race.
Anyways the census definition does not equate being European with being white. It equates being "caucasoid" with being white. Which is why people from North Africa, the middle east, and as far as Afghanistan sometimes are classified as white in statistics.
These terms can be so subjective. From Wiki:
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The U.S. Government has defined Hispanic or Latino persons as being "persons who trace their origin [to] . . . Central and South America, and other Spanish cultures."[12] The United States Census uses the ethnonym Hispanic or Latino to refer to "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."[13]
Yes, there are many European (white) people still in South America (the ruling class in a number of countries are of Spanish ancestry) but many have mixed with the indigenous. Mestizo is probably the most appropriate term as it means "a man of mixed race."
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White males have committed far more acts of domestic terrorism than Arabs in this country. Before 9/11, the costliest terrorist attack on US soil was Oklahoma City.
So if we're going to profile at airports or other public places, we need to be consistent and profile white males and arab males.
Capiche?
Feel free to. You'll just be wasting your time (and our tax dollars). But in your politically correct world at least you can pat yourself on the back knowing you're not a racist!
Feel free to. You'll just be wasting your time (and our tax dollars). But in your politically correct world at least you can pat yourself on the back knowing you're not a racist!
How so, by your logic white males need to be profiled far more as they far likely to commit instances of domestic terrorism.
Or do you not want to because you're white and that sucks
Black and Hispanic young men are disproportionately stop and frisked by the New York Cty Police Department.
Where is your outrage?
I am 100% against that practice and yes, I'm outraged over it.
But, this all goes back to the fact that the powers that be want a constitutionally uneducated populace....they're easier to control.
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