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Racial Profiling and History Tests
- Henry VIII
- Caesar Augustus
- Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
- John Calvin
On Sept. 17, 1982 over 1000 people were brutally slaughtered at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon. The deaths included many women and children. This act was perpetrated by which of the following,
- Sen. Ted Kennedy
- The National Organization of Women
- Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
- Christian extremists
On Aug. 10, 1999 a lone gunman entered the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, CA and opened fire, seriously injuring 5 people, including 4 children. Later that same day he opened fire on and fatally wounded a postman. This act was perpetrated by which of the following,
- Tom Cruise
- Michael Moore
- A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
- An ultra-conservative Christian male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
This test could be continued ad infinitum but by now the point should be obvious. So here is an extra credit question.
Extra Credit
In light of the "history" this test was based on, which of the following is the most appropriate response?
- "Nope, .....I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people, and we must leave all CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN MALES between the ages 17 and 40 alone!! Let's send this to as many people as we can so that all dunder-headed attorneys and Federal Justices that want to thwart common sense feel doubly ashamed of themselves!!!!..."
- "Nope, .....I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people, and we must leave all MUSLIM MALES between the ages 17 and 40 alone!! Let's send this to as many people as we can so that all dunder-headed attorneys and Federal Justices that want to thwart common sense feel doubly ashamed of themselves!!!!..."
- Neither of the above.
The correct answer of course, is c.
Objections
By now, a flood of protests will be filling the minds of some (if they're still reading). Let's have a look at the more obvious ones.
- Yes, Timothy McVeigh was in fact a practicing Catholic. He and Terry Nichols also had ties to the Christian Identity movement which bases its white supremacist ideology heavily on the Bible, as they understand it.
- Yes, John Calvin did in fact have a young boy beheaded in his Geneva community for striking his mother during an argument (Durant, 1980).
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