Racism

Definition
Racial Profiling refers to law enforcement targeting a group of people based on their skin color. Stop and frisk is a good example.

Example
My ex was pulled over by the police because he was walking with a white baby and the cop thought he was kidnaping my son.

Image of police interacting with Black man against wall

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