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I revised the article after realizing that there are at least 3 different meanings of racial profiling. I think opponents of "racial profiling" would agree with the definition:

the unjustified use of race as a consideration in profiling suspects
The question remains, of course, what would justify the use of race. When searching for an individual (such as the man who just robbed a liquor store), police always ask for a description. They want skin color, clothing, height, scars, and so on. I'm not sure whether there's any opposition to using race to describe individual suspects.

When making random stops, there is less agreement.

I think the major division is between those who believe:

race should be included when statistically significant, or
race should never be included
If I've left anything out, please add it. I'm hoping that my own view (that race should be included only if it's significant, and that police should be monitored closely for signs of prejudice and discrimination) has not misled me once again into confounding my own views with what is generally held, or into misrepresenting anyone's position.

User:Ed Poor

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I rearranged some of the paragraphs and tried to tighten up the definition of "racial profiling". Ed Poor

Couple of suggestions from -- April:

Include citations for the "some studies" which suggest X.
Set off US-specific text (DEA, ACLU, etc) with "In the United States..."

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Good suggestions, April. Also, the blurring of the distinction between "race as main factor" and "any use of race as a factor" may be more significant than I at first thought.

In today's N.Y. Daily News, an article used the term racial profiling in both senses, explicitly mentioning its definition in each case. The...