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NewJeffCT

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2. What I thought was funny

Reply to Half-Century Man (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 7, 2013, 05:14 PM

Jun 2013

was the responses to the attractive young woman - she admits they bike is not hers, but she still has guys helping her saw through the chain.

but, I think it is profiling when you have a different response to the same situation based on race.

ra·cial pro·fil·ing
Noun
The practice of substituting skin color for evidence as grounds for suspicion.

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Video shows stunning example of racial profiling [View all] NewJeffCT Jun 2013 OP

Don't know if I'd call it profiling. Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #1

What I thought was funny NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #2

I saw/see Racial Profiling as random suspicions based on Hue. Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #3