WEEK 4: RACIAL PROFILING & URBAN POLICING

These flashcards cover key concepts, definitions, and events related to racial profiling and urban policing.

What are the important upcoming dates for the course?

Reading Week: October 11th - 19th, Midterm Exam: October 20th, Media Analysis due: November 2nd.

Who is your TA if your last name is between A - K?

Anjali Kumar ([e-mail]).

What is the main focus of the lecture on racial profiling?

How racial profiling operates in urban policing and its implications for race, power, and surveillance.

What does the term 'whiteness studies' refer to in the context of racialization?

An analysis of how whiteness serves as the unmarked societal standard.

What is 'racial profiling'?

Policing based on race, ethnicity, religion, or culture, and is systemic and institutionalized.

What legislation regulates carding in Ontario?

Ontario’s Anti-Carding Legislation (Regulation 58/16) bans arbitrary or race-based carding/street checks.

What are the processes of criminalization identified in the lecture?

Erasure, Trivialization, Categorization, Culturalization.

What does the term 'symbolic assailant' mean in racial profiling?

Young Black males perceived by police as inherently suspicious or dangerous.

What kind of data does the Police-Reported Indigenous and Racialized Identity Data Project (PIRID) collect?

Disaggregated race and indigenous identity data in police-reported crime statistics.

What impact does racial profiling have on Black communities according to the lecture?

Sense of injustice, reduced cooperation with police, and deep psychological harm.