| 单词 | racial profiling |
| 释义 | racial profiling (once / 29623 pages) n Racial profiling is the practice of targeting particular people because of their ethnic background or race. A profile is an outline of a face. Racial profiling is judging someone based only on an outline — the person’s race. Racial profiling is a form of institutional racism. Sometimes police officers, security workers, and other law enforcement officials are accused of racial profiling. When a driver is stopped and searched solely because of her skin color, that's racial profiling. And when a passenger is asked to leave an airplane because the hijab she's wearing makes other passengers nervous, that's also racial profiling. WORD FAMILYracial profiling USAGE EXAMPLESHe also was charged with criminal contempt of court over his defiance of a judge’s orders in a racial profiling case. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) “Whether it’s racial profiling or politically correct, we better get smart,” he says. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) Three lawsuits currently pending against Trump allege racial profiling, undue force and aggression from the president-elect’s security team. Salon(Dec 19, 2016) n a form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups Hyper racial discrimination, racialism, racism discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race |
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