Definitions for racial profiling
racial pro·fil·ing

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1. racial profilingnoun

   a form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups

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1. racial profiling

   Racial profiling refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on an individual's race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin. It involves the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person's likelihood of engaging in criminal activity. It is a controversial tactic often associated with institutional racism and bias.

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1. Racial profiling

   Racial profiling is the use of an individual’s race or ethnicity by law enforcement personnel as a key factor in deciding whether to engage in enforcement. The practice is controversial and is illegal in many jurisdictions.

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1. • Racism

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of racial profiling in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of racial profiling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of racial profiling in a Sentence

1. Christine Neumann-Ortiz:

   It basically legalizes racial profiling because you can be stopped and questioned and put in detention based on how you look.

2. Arvind Krishna:

   We believe now is the time to begin a national dialogue on whether and how facial recognition technology should be employed by domestic law enforcement agencies, iBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms, or any purpose which is not consistent with our values.

3. Tania Chauvin:

   To me, it’s not a problem (to show ID card) but I can perfectly imagine the kind of downward spiral it could trigger – it’s like racial profiling.

4. United States:

   The Whren decision has been heavily criticized because of the way it allows widespread racial profiling throughout this mechanism of pretextual traffic stops.

5. Brent Oxley:

   Pretty much... from the get-go, from when the policy came out, you look every day to see who's locked up in the jails -- it's racial profiling, really. You're looking for odd names : a Carlos Lopez, not a John Smith.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=racial profiling