The mistaken belief society states, African Americans are the ones targeted in causing trouble. Racial profiling has …show more content…
Over the years he took note that many black journalists were having the same trouble as he did. Staples says “A black journalist went nearby Waukegan, Illinois a couple of summers ago to work on a story about a murderer who was born there” (296-297) he explained that the police mistaken the reporter as a criminal. Police thought the African American reporter was a killer due to skin color and held him at gunpoint. The public targets African American due to the color of their skin when in fact Caucasian can be just as dangerous. People in society make situations worse than it should be. Staples tells his past experiences on how African American does not get the same respect to someone who is