racial profiling
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- noun
- /ˈreɪʃəl ˈproʊfaɪlɪŋ/
- Offensive
- The protest aimed to raise awareness about the negative impacts of racial profiling on minority communities.
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Watch on YouTubeThis leads to yet another form of structural racism, racial profiling, and discrimination.
- This leads to yet another form of structural racism, racial profiling, and discrimination.
- And we'll also justify racial profiling on that basis in stop and frisk programs.
- Now, most people out there of non Caucasian descent are going to think that that was racial profiling because that kind of stuff happens.
- Well, you know, racial profiling is, is flat out wrong.
- So she's basically comparing dumb blonde jokes to racial profiling in this book.
- Let's forget all about this racial profiling and and all this this woke nonsense.
Examples
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Much of the justification for racial profiling is based on the notion of national security.
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Before the tragic events of that day, eighty percent of Americans opposed racial profiling.
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Are police using racial profiling in drug stops?
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Unfortunately, that would involve ethnic, religious, and racial profiling, which has become the third rail in democratic politics.
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While few court cases have dealt with profiling, racial profiling is constitutionally unacceptable.
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For years, one of the issues fueling the polarized debate on police brutality was the question of racial profiling.
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We resist the unlawful racial profiling of our community members, and we persist in our journey to thrive through the lens of hope.
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A number of American groups have protested the operation, claiming that it unfairly targets innocent civilians and amounts to racial profiling.
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Many community leaders are speaking out against racial profiling, stating that it undermines trust between police and the public.
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Activists argue that racial profiling creates a culture of fear and discrimination among people of color.
Synonyms
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Unfair treatment of people because of their race or ethnic background
Antonyms
How Discriminatory
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward composition: 'racial' (relating to race) modifies 'profiling' (the practice of analyzing or categorizing people), so a learner who knows both words can infer it means profiling based on race. While the full legal and ethical connotations (discrimination, automated decision-making harms) may require extra context, the basic referential meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Racial profiling comes from the idea of a profile — a short list of traits used to find a suspect. When that profile is built on someone's race, people are unfairly 'targeted' or 'suspected', so the phrase means using race to pick people out.