Blog of Rights
Kenneth W.
Chandler, II
11/04/2011
End Racial Profiling Act

Stop Discrimination: House Judiciary Subcommittee Takes Up Racial Profiling

By Kenneth W. Chandler, II at 4:42pm

“To Protect and Serve” is the longstanding motto of many American police departments. But it fails to ring true when a law enforcement officer subjects a citizen to humiliating interrogation, search and detention — simply because of how the person looks.

When police engage in racial profiling, they are not only violating the Constitution, they are also hindering their ability to keep communities safe.

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06/28/2011

Those Who Don't Learn from History are Destined to Repeat It

By Kenneth W. Chandler, II at 5:36pm

June 25 marked the 70th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt's, Executive Order 8802, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion and national origin in federal defense contracts. It is important to understand both the historical implications of this executive order and how it was reversed by President George W. Bush's "Faith-Based" executive order more than 60 years later.

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