The Fine Line

Is racial profiling bad? The inherent answer is clearly "no." This social injustice has been fought for in cliche essays written to please the status quo and receive a good grades across the world. But have you ever really thought about the reasons and applications for racial profiling? If a certain group is statistically known to more known to perform a certain behavior, it just makes sense to suspect it more than others. It's simply counter intuitive to turn the shoulder and act as if that trend doesn't exist. If there was one group who were known to commit 99% of all crimes while the other was only responsible for the other 1%, it would be inefficient to treat everyone as if they were equal; it would be better if things were done through "the language of fear." Think about how much more efficient the world would be if all people had a similar mindset to this. However, the reason something like this can't happen is due to morals. The balance between ethics and goals is an everlasting struggle that is the reason the world is the way it is today. There is immense debate on where to draw a line between these two opposing forces in such a way that the world doesn't fall into neither a dystopia or a vegetable. If morals were a thing of the past, the world would theoretically be much more advanced than it is right now. On the other side of the spectrum, if the world was super conscious of the fact that everyone's feelings and status must be equal, the world would never able to fulfill its potential. However, the world without morals would face its obstacles such as the sacrifice of morals not truly being a more advanced society. Think of the European's oppression over the rest of the world. The cultural and economic advancements during this period were unprecedented but at what cost? The enslavement and extermination of countless civilizations is no justification for the things that were accomplished. Such times are not looked back upon in history as times of happiness or greatness but rather as a period of cruel existence. Now don't go jumping down my throat claiming that I'm a heartless human being that knows nothing about how to treat people. I am simply making an observation. While we were in class on talking about the different cartoons on the paper, I started to wonder why people are so against such profiling when trying to prevent crimes. Through this, I went down the thought process in which this essay has taken - eventually concluding that morals was the reason that it can never be employed. I never considered the side consequences of such inequality such as social backlash and the desensitizing of such behavior. I believe that we live in a world in which we have found the optimal mix of these forces. (P.S if you ever want to start a dystopian society hmu)