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Unpublished Paper
Race and Crime in Canada and the USA
(2014)
  • Sharlette A Kellum, Barbara Jordan Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University
Abstract
The author of this article is black. Who cares? Apparently, millions do. What would happen if the use of racial adjectives becomes extinct? How would it affect the criminal justice statistical classification system? How would the auditors of racial crime statistics categorize their arguments? Racial categories are outdated and a cause for continuous segregation. Many segments of society suffer, because of the persistent, “us vs. we” mind-numbing statistical jargon. Some use racial classifications to heighten their arguments for racial disparities, while others use them to tear down an entire group of people. The word “race” causes some to feel as if they are in a continuous race to prove the naysayers wrong. Some believe racial categories are inevitable, because there will always be a need to classify certain groups of people.
Keywords
  • Race,
  • Crime,
  • Canada,
  • United States of America,
  • Racial Profiling
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2014
Citation Information
Sharlette A Kellum. "Race and Crime in Canada and the USA" (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sharlette_a_kellum_gilbert/4/