Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> If the profile is "looks Mexican" and the policeman picks based on 
> "Mexican-looking guy walked past" then it's racist.

  In the technical sense maybe, but the policeman didn't necessarily do it
with a racist mindset. Maybe he doesn't care what color, height or shoe size
someone has, as long as the law is enforced.

  You can argue that profiling people like this is not the best and most
efficient way of doing it, but why must racism always be assumed?

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