While New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg continued to defend the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy in a speech Sunday, many in the black and Hispanic community are calling for change. Donte James and Derrick Adams say police stopping them is just a part of their life in Brownsville. “We walk out to the store and they just [...]
Psychology Professor Explores the Science Behind Racial Profiling
June 8, 2012 | Posted by
In an article in Psychology Today, professor Arthur Dobrin outlines the basics of racial profiling. Dobrin, who grew up in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood some years ago, wrote that the numbers associated with the profiling by the police, specifically with the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program, tell a tale that cannot be simply glossed over. The vast majority [...]
