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// The new Arizona law intended to curb illegal immigration does not permit, but mandates police officers to inquire a person’s immigration status if they believe they might be illegal–irrespective of that person’s actions or behavior. As liberals have said, obviously this law opens the door to undue prejudice, stereotyping and favoritism on the part [...]
// The recent failed bombing attempt by an agent of Al Qaeda has predictably resurrected the old profiling debate. The thrust of the conservative position on this issue has typically been that we should not worry about people’s feelings when people’s lives are at stake. The liberals, meanwhile, typically say that profiling violates people’s civil [...]
// Ever since the passage of Proposition 8 in California last November, the issue of blacks in the US being disproportionately opposed to gay marriage and gay rights has become a topic of discussion with fascinating implications for politics and social mores. Proposition 8, which banned gay people from getting married, was supported by less [...]
