How Racial Profiling Affects Policy

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How would you feel if you were discriminated for your race? That is what happened to Hebshi. (Warjkoo 2013) Racial profiling is still a very real problem. Have you ever wondered if maybe our government or political system could affect it? Well the iron triangle does play a part. Racial profiling is related to policy making power of an iron triangle. Power of an iron triangle can make to change policy. Iron triangle affects policy which can help end racial profiling. Thus, helping equality. A woman was escorted off her flight at the METRO Airport in Detroit on September 11,2011. Which is the tenth anniversary of the attacks on The Twin Towers. She was then jailed and striped searched for more than four hours and she didn’t even know what was happening, much less did they explain what she was being withheld for. All because she was racially profiled for her ethnic background, which is 50% Jewish and 50% Arabic. This started because, the two American-Indian passengers next to her when to the bathroom together and the other passenger got scared and alerted the staff. (Warjkoo 2013) Interest groups have a big influence on public opinion and campaign advertising. Basically, if your interest group is happy you will have public interest and influence. It is in the best interest of the interest group and Congressional committee happy because, they …show more content…

And then if they have influence public opinion then the public opinion can change making the people want to lobby to get the policy changed policy to change. And since they prove political assistance and campaign donations they can influence people the way they want them to think to change the vote. An iron triangle is an interest group that research, report, and educate and lobby Congress. An iron triangle has the power to influence people and the public opinion. (Albert

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