Shijal ChudasamaDecember 29, 2022Surveillance and racial profiling of Arabs in the US
Essential Middle East examines how Muslims have become targets as a result of the public reporting of what is deemed suspicious behaviour.
In a recent report from the Arab American Action Network in Illinois, more than 200 police records were examined. It was discovered that under the pretense of "public safety," suspicious activity reports had criminalized Arabs and Muslims. The community group's further study has shown a problem in the surveillance and racial profiling of Arabs and Muslims in the US.
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