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Black or White Allison Davi Picture this “hypothetical situation:” A black man and a white man both driving during the day time. The white man is driving directly in front of the black man at 72 mph, clearly speeding, while the black man is driving at 46 mph, both in a 45 mph speed limit zone. Sirens begin to blare as the red and blue lights emerge from the side of the road. The black man, relieved that …

…everyone can look at everyone else as absolute equals, both good and bad racial profiling will continue to occur. Be aware of it, but don’t hold your breath waiting for it to disintegrate. It took hundreds of years for slavery to be abolished, another hundred for blacks to be considered “people,” and who knows how many for all people of all races to be able to look at one another without seeing color first.