Racist people who run for office with racist agendas can sometimes be the main source of racism in government surveillance. They are most likely going to appoint other racists to other powerful/leadership positions, such as Cabinet positions, Ambassadors, etc. Full list of positions can be found here.
But the more dangerous source of racism in government surveillance are the candidates who are implicitly racist. In most cases of racism in government surveillance, the racist acts are put into action by the person in charge. For instance, if an individual is put in charge of a program to counter terrorism and he views, in his personal beliefs, a certain ethnicity group as terrorists, he is most likely going to target that group disregarding any factual evidence. This highlights the importance of voters researching every candidate carefully before making their choice.
Mike Bloomberg is an example of an elected official with implicit racism. Even though Bloomberg didn't run for Mayor of New York City with racism being a part of his campaign, it was later discovered than upon taking office, he launched Stop and Frisk, which was a massive racist program that targeted African Americans. More on this can be found here. And as Bloomberg was recently running for presidency, he acts as a perfect example of why people should always research their candidates before voting
J. Edgar Hoover launched a series of racist counter intelligence operations that targeted African-Americans of the Black Nationalist movement. COINTELRO had a lot of negative long term consequences on the African-American community. This is an example of how an appointed official was a cause of racism in government surveillance. Hoover was appointed as FBI Director by President Calvin Coolidge, who is considered one of the most racist Presidents of the USA.
Donald J. Trump is an example of presidential candidate with an explicit racist agenda who won the general election and became the President of the United States. Trump's racist agenda includes travel bans, racist immigration policies, and racist border policies. Trump has also made a lot of public racist statements against Latinos and Muslims. In addition, Trump is also viewed as empowering white supremacy in the United States. More of his racist actions can be viewed here.
This one is pretty straightforward. As established in the previous point, the main source of racism in government surveillance is racist people getting to high positions of power.And how can these people be prevented from reaching high positions ofpower? By not electing them or anyone with any racist ideologies. As most ofthe individuals in those positions are chosen by elected officials, then themost effective method of ending racism in government surveillance, and ingovernment in general, is for citizens to vote wisely and to research thecandidates carefully before giving them their votes.
George Wallace served as the 45th Governor of Alabama for four terms. He was known for his extreme segregation policies and racist views, and he was viewed as the "embodiment of resistance to the civil rights movement of the 1960s" - Washington Post. Even though Wallace ran for the presidency a total of four times, he was never elected. This serves as an example of how people, through their voting powers, denied a racist the power of the President of the United State's Office.
It is also very important for citizens to vote not only in the general Presidential election, but also in the Congressional, State and Local elections. This is vital, because while the president, and other officials in power, have the ability to implement racist policies or the ability to appoint people who can do so, representatives and Senators have the ability to act as oversight over those in power.
It is also imperative for voters to carefully research the candidates for those positions as well. A good idea for researching the current representatives, etc. is to check their voting history; that is how they voted/viewed certain bills that tied to race, etc. This information can be found here.
Racist Actions in the Past 20 Years: NONE
Racism Score*: 0%
Racist Actions in the Past 20 Years:
A Racist Answer on the Legacy of Slavery.
A Bunch of Racist Comments.
Racism Score*: 10%
Racist Actions in the Past 20 Years:
Said immigrants from Africa and Haiti come from “shithole countries”.
Asked a Korean-American intelligence analyst where “your people” are from, and implied that her ethnic background should determine her job.
Some of his top advisers and Cabinet picks have histories of prejudice.
Denied responsibility for the racist incidents that followed his election.
Launched a travel ban targeting Muslims.
Attacked Muslim Gold Star parents.
Claimed a judge was biased because “he’s a Mexican”.
His company sued by The Justice Department ― twice ― for not renting to black people.
Refused to immediately condemn the white supremacists who advocated for him
Treats racial groups as monoliths.
He condoned the beating of a Black Lives Matter protester.
Stereotyped Jews and shared an anti-Semitic image created by white supremacists.
Source, and more examples.
Racism Score*: 100%
*racism scores are calculated (estimated) based on the candidate's own racist actions in comparison to the candidate with the highest number of racist actions.
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