On Mon, 03 May 2010 16:49:54 -0400, Warp wrote:

> 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?

Because the law is crafted to require that the police discriminate based 
on race and nothing else.

Jim

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