Chapter 5 Question 4

This chapter so far I believe might be one of the more controversial ones because it talks about stereotyping and racial profiling. This is something that has become so potent in today's society and can seriously offend people. However, after reading this chapter I can understand why people do it and how it might be seen as necessary in a society. It all goes back to branding. To making a reputation. Based on numbers and research, people will brand other people to a title or reputation off on how they look or what they do. This can become extremely controversial is many ways because it discriminates against or limits those who may have a reputation brought upon them that they do not correlate with. This really is a difficult issue because how do we go about it? Part of the problem is breaking down a reputation that has been built up overtime. Something like that just doesn't go away over night. It's impossible to gather all the information you need to know if you should trust a person or not. Especially if it's someone that you encounter from a distance for about five seconds. It's even hard to know all the secrets and information about a person you see and talk to or sit by every day. Racial profiling may not be fair or just or right, but a lot of times it can be a rational and natural instinct for people make.