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Police Discourse on Racial Profiling

Karen S. Glover

California State University, San Marcos

As central actors in the phenomenon, the police view is noticeably absent from research on racial profiling. Given the prominence of "color-blind" racial ideology in the face of disparate opinions about the police between minorities and Whites in the United States, police discourse on racial profiling bears examination. The author employs in-depth interviews of patrol officers in the Novad (a fictitious name), Texas, police department about racial profiling. A dominant narrative—"White boy in a no White boy zone" —emerges in contrast to the reverse scenario that composes the public discourse on racial profiling. This analysis supports the work of Bonilla-Silva, who suggests that rhetorical strategies have developed in the color-blind era to express racialized issues in ways that appear nonracial.

Key Words: police perspective • "White boy in a no White boy zone" • racism in policing • racism • color-blind racism • police • discourse analysis • racial discourse • police—minority relations • policing and society • Bonilla-Silva

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Vol. 23, No. 3, 239-247 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1043986207306866
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