Police Demographics Unit Casts Shadows From Past

New York City was attacked by a terrorist group on September 11, 2001. Ever since then a lot of people have associated the Islamic group with terrorists throughout the country. Recently it has been noticed the the NYPD (New York Police Department) has been targeting people that they believe are Muslim, on a case of suspicion. In the early 1900's the NYPD had the city mapped out by where different ethnic groups had lived. The historians of New York City claim that nothing has changed over the course of history in the NYPD.

To find more view the article, http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/police-demographics-unit-casts-shadows-from-past/?scp=3&sq=racial%20profiling&st=cse

How can the Police Department stop targeting the Islamic groups in the city for suspicion? Why is it that still the Muslim community is still being targeted when we know they aren't a terrorist group?

Asian-American Soldier Commits Suicide After Being Forced To Crawl Across Gravel

Private Danny Chen committed suicide after being abused and forced to go threw more extensive labor at a military boot camp. He was pressured to crawl one hundred meters along gravel dressed in full gear and then had to endure people yelling derogatory insults at him such as "dragon lady, Jackie Chen" and he was told to "go back to China."

Private Chen was also the only Asian American solider at this particular boot camp and investigations have showed that he was targeted from the start of his time at the boot camp.

To read the article go to: http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/01/16/asian-american-soldier-commits-suicide-after-being-forced-to-crawl-across-gravel/

Do you think that at these types of boot camps they should be more integrated as far as who is in them, so an equal number of one race and an equal number of the other and why? Do you think that Private Chen's suicide should even be considered a racial issue?