1 Mikal Muharrar, of Extra! defines racial profiling as the discriminatory practice by police of treating blackness or brownness as an indication of possible criminality. Which in fact, has lately been the focus of frequent legal or legislative action, resulting in a significant amount of coverage in the mainstream news media. In contrast, the Daily Illini cites that racial profiling is generally thought of as the targeting of blacks more than whites in traffic stops or …showed first 75 words of 2582 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2582 total…place on each ethnic group due to ones race performing in some specific crime. For instance it is said that most blacks and Hispanics are known for stealing, selling and smuggling in drugs, shoplifting, and other high known crimes in today’s society. However now after the September eleventh attack many Arabs when catching international flights will more than likely be racially profiled as a hijacker due to the incident of others of their descent.