RACIAL PROFILING

War On Terrorism and Racial Profiling

War On Terrorism and Racial Profiling

Introduction

Racial profiling refers to a method utilized by police and private investigators where individuals are identified as more likely to be associated with a specific crime because of their race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. In the days and weeks following the attacks, a stunned United States tried to make sense of what had happened. Investigators quickly discovered that nineteen hijackers had been involved in what came to be called 9/11. They were all young male Muslims of Arab descent. The hijackers were linked to a radical Islamist organization called ...