CT355 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Kingston Police, Rashomon Effect, Race Matters
12 Feb 2016
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Kurosawa tapped into the post-modernist credo that entire absolute truth nor objective reality exist 29. Process by which divergent viewpoints interpret the same incident in mutually exclusive ways based on their location in society: rashomon effect. Perceptual divide in countries like usa and canada. Nowhere is this polarization more contested than in the paradoxes of racial profiling 30. Kingston police services released the results of a 1 year study to determine if profiling existed. The results proved to be both interesting and provocative. Some racial minorities (especially young black males) are unfairly stereotyped and routinely targeted by police 31. Other studies and surveys tend to reinforce this perception. Acknowledge a program in place to educate police about the perils of profiling 32. Few dispute the significance of race in shaping intergroup dynamics. Race not only rationalized 19th century european colonization but also conferred a pseudo-scientific legitimacy for arbitrarily pigeonholing people in mutually exclusive categories.
