Racial Profiling can be defined as the identification of racial factors, such as skin color, hair texture, facial structure, physical attire, gender, spoken language, accent, or religion. As noted above, there are many ways in which someone can be racially profile. Racial profiling has been used for many years. It started with segregation in the early 1900’s and recently with cases such as Major Aaron Campbell vs Florida. Yet, racial profiling has been overlooked and …showed first 75 words of 1193 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1193 total…way of thinking rather than acting. We must erase this presumption from our existing minds and make ourselves aware of the changes in cultures that are occurring around us. Racial profiling must be dealt with in every police department in order for it to stop completely. It is time for our national leaders to realize that this is not about a few “bad apples.” It’s about the whole tree, right down to the roots.