Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World

Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World: A Review JournalThe remaining chapters explore a wide range of topics – from a survey of the long-lastinglegacies of slavery as linked to political development, to a look at the relationship between LyndonJohnson and the Civil Rights Movement. The book concludes with an essay about how a watereddownview of racial liberalism has replaced the quest for progressive racial justice, and a look at theinteraction of race and religion during the development of American politics.Also relates to:Criminal Justice and Racial ViolenceCulture, Identity, Gender and RelationshipsHistoryETHNIC PROFILING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: PERVASIVE, INEFFECTIVE ANDDISCRIMINATORYOpen Society InstitutePublisher: Open Society InstituteYear: 2009Pagination: 208ppISBN: 978-1891385889Price: £13.95Here, the Open Society Justice Initiative argue against ethnic profiling, which they define as thetargeting of specific ethnic groups through stop-and-search practices, raids and general surveillancetactics. The authors examine ethnic profiling by police in Europe and, in particular, in the contextof the UK, France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, showing how such practices have increaseddrastically since 9/11.The authors provide an introductory overview of ethnic profiling before critiquing the waysin which its very purpose – namely, to counteract terrorism – ultimately fails. They show how ethnicprofiling – far from being an effective way to identify terrorist suspects – actually endangers the verypeople it is designed to protect. There follows an account of the contributions of ethnic profiling tothe perpetuation of stereotypes based on ethnicity, race, nationality and religion. The authors deemthe practice as discriminatory and counter-productive – over-looking criminals who do not fit certainethnic profiles and arresting innocent people who do, leading to a great sense of injustice and thestigmatising of certain communities who could otherwise assist police with the reduction of crimeand prevention of terrorism.The authors propose a number of alternatives to ethnic profiling. Drawing on statisticspertaining to this practice, including qualitative data on the ethnic profiling of stop-and-searchpractices, they show behavioural analysis to be more effective than ethnic profiling. As such, theOpen Society team highlight the ways in which a profiling based on ‘race’, nationality and religion isnot only superficial but also unlawful. To this end, the authors monitor and measure police practices,highlighting the need to eliminate ethnic profiling and initiating a new dialogue about more effectivepolicies and implementation strategies.Also relates to:Criminal Justice and Racial ViolenceCulture, Identity, Gender and RelationshipsHistoryMigration, Immigration and the Refugee ExperienceSocial TheoryLIBERATED TERRITORY: UNTOLD LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE BLACK PANTHERPARTYEd. Yohuru Williams and Jama LazerowPublisher: Duke University PressYear: 2008Pagination: 312ppISBN: 978-0822343264Price: £14.99Liberated Territory is a follow-up to the editors’ previous collection of essays – In Search of the Black Panther Party, which82