tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post8333039643744109304..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: I Am Sure Progressives Everywhere Are Disappointed: Chechnyans, Not Tea PartiersClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-60251471730897855332013-04-19T18:07:45.073-06:002013-04-19T18:07:45.073-06:00Only certain profiles are considered examples of b...Only certain profiles are considered examples of bigotry. When a woman is assaulted, we always use profiles -- for example, ex-boyfriends. <br /><br />In Slate, a blogger argued against using profiles to target Islamists. His reason? A lone, right winger white man was was more likely. In other words, he used one profile to argue against a different profile. The profile he wanted was the acceptable one, a white man profile.asdfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270615751004712276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-52630862628777653742013-04-19T13:13:45.925-06:002013-04-19T13:13:45.925-06:00Yes, you're right, of course. I should have s...Yes, you're right, of course. I should have said in recent years, although I guess WWII was not all that long ago.asdfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270615751004712276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-12030244093882974922013-04-19T12:46:05.431-06:002013-04-19T12:46:05.431-06:00Clayton said...
Japanese-American internment.
Tru...Clayton said...<br /><i>Japanese-American internment.</i><br /><br />True for the mass internment of Japanese-Americans in mid-1942. That wasn't even profiling, it was pointless bigotry.<br /><br />In December 1941, the FBI rounded up about 2,000 Japanese-Americans who were genuine security risks: young men who had studied in Imperial Japan and received military training there, leading members of pro-Japan organizations, known associates of Japanese diplomats. These people were identified by "profiling" - by paying special attention to ethnic Japanese, who were disproportionately <i>likely</i> be disloyal. This allowed the handful that were to be identified and removed.<br /><br />Similar methods were applied to German-Americans and Italian-Americans. That should have been the end of the problem (it was for the Europeans) but hysteria, racism, and greed led to the disgraceful mid-1942 action.<br /><br />In any case, "profiling" need not be based on appearance alone. Much of the complaining is that Moslems are considered more suspicious than others. Moslems of any appearance may be jihadists. Some Middle Easterners are swarthier than typical Europeans, but others are not.Rich Rostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-88004429652948688492013-04-19T12:16:47.461-06:002013-04-19T12:16:47.461-06:00Japanese-American internment.Japanese-American internment.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-53112525066401354062013-04-19T11:49:30.952-06:002013-04-19T11:49:30.952-06:00Cynthia Tucker, a leftist opinion writer, on twitt...Cynthia Tucker, a leftist opinion writer, on twitter:<br /><br />"If bombers r from Caucasus, it shows futility of racial profiling for terrorists. These guys r the original Caucasians."<br /><br />I wonder what prompts this need to protect people from profiling. Has there been some deep rights violation that came about from profiling?asdfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270615751004712276noreply@blogger.com