Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Diorama- "It Does Exist" by Ricky Warren




I chose to create my diorama using the theme of racial profiling. So many times I've seen a nice car with large rims, a custom paint job and a sound system surrounded by numerous police cars and officers searching the car. Then, I'll usually several police officers surrounding one man while the car is being searched. Though I have no idea what the man has done, it enrages me that it takes five to ten officers to subdue one man. Is there nothing else for the other four or five officers to do? With the crime rate increasing everyday, surely there are other people that need "protection." I have been racially profiled twice in my life and been involved in scenes such as this one. My mother has worked for two police departments, one in Georgia and one in Virginia, and has overheard officers in both departments saying that they profile drivers because "it's an easy catch." I guess it's the Amerikkkan way...

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