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I'm not suggesting that social scientists stop teaching and investigating classic topics like monopoly power, racial profiling and health inequality. But everyone knows that monopoly power is bad for markets, that people are racially biased and that illness is unequally distributed by social class.
Nicholas A. Christakis

Meaning of "racial profiling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RACIAL PROFILING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RACIAL PROFILING

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Racial profiling is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RACIAL PROFILING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

racial profiling

Racial profiling

Racial profiling is the use of an individual’s race or ethnicity by law enforcement personnel as a key factor in deciding whether to engage in enforcement. The practice is controversial and is illegal in many jurisdictions. It should not be confused with offender profiling, which is an investigative tool.

Definition of racial profiling in the English dictionary

The definition of racial profiling in the dictionary is government activity directed at a suspect or group of suspects based solely on race.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RACIAL PROFILING

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racily
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WORDS THAT END LIKE RACIAL PROFILING

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Synonyms and antonyms of racial profiling in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «racial profiling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RACIAL PROFILING

Find out the translation of racial profiling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of racial profiling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «racial profiling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

种族貌相
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perfiles raciales
570 millions of speakers

English

racial profiling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नस्ली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التنميط العنصري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

расовое профилирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a discriminação racial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জাতিগত প্রোফাইলিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le profilage racial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Profil perkauman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Racial Profiling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人種的分析
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Profiling ras
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

phân biệt chủng tộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இன விவரக்குறிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वांशिक प्रोफाइलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ırksal profilleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

profiling razziale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

profilowanie rasowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

расове профілювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

profilare rasială
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

φυλετικό προφίλ
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

rasprofilering
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

rasprofilering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rasistisk profilering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of racial profiling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RACIAL PROFILING»

The term «racial profiling» is regularly used and occupies the 84.848 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RACIAL PROFILING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about racial profiling

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10 QUOTES WITH «RACIAL PROFILING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word racial profiling.
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Joe Arpaio
When we go to court, they are going to have to come up with all the evidence where they are accusing me and my dedicated deputies of racial profiling. It's always easy to throw the race card in there and that's what they're doing in Washington today, that they're concerned about racial profiling.
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Nicholas A. Christakis
I'm not suggesting that social scientists stop teaching and investigating classic topics like monopoly power, racial profiling and health inequality. But everyone knows that monopoly power is bad for markets, that people are racially biased and that illness is unequally distributed by social class.
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Eric Holder
I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.
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Benjamin Todd Jealous
Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments.
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Judge Mills Lane
I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.
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Stephen Lang
I don't want to, in any way, characterize a race or a people or get accused of racial profiling, but the Irish, as lyrical and romantic as they can be in their poetry, they can be every bit as repressed in their personal relations.
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Wen Ho Lee
I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress.
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Bobby Rush
Racial profiling has to stop.
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Brian Sandoval
Racial profiling is illegal, and I do not support it.
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Al Sharpton
From racial profiling and being pulled over just for 'driving while black' to this new phenomenon of killing unarmed people out of some preconceived idea of fear, our lives and our children's lives are not being valued.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RACIAL PROFILING»

Discover the use of racial profiling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to racial profiling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Racial Profiling: Research, Racism, and Resistance
To demonstrate the often subtle workings of race and the law in the post-Civil Rights era, the book includes examination of the 1996 U.S. Supreme Court's Whren decision-a judicial pronouncement that allows pretextual action by law ...
Karen S. Glover, 2009
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Racial Profiling: Issues, Data, and Analyses
In this book, racial profiling is defined as the practice of targeting individuals for police or security interdiction, detention, or other disparate treatment based primarily on their race, ethnicity, or national origin in the belief that ...
Steven J. Muffler, 2006
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Racial Profiling: They Stopped Me Because I'm ------------!
United States A compelling account of how minority citizens experience racial profiling and how they ascribe and give meaning to these experiences, the book provides a candid discussion of what the findings of the research mean for the ...
Michael L. Birzer, 2013
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Racial Profiling
"Focuses on the debate surrounding racial profiling in the United States--including a historical look at criminal profiles and U.S. government initiatives like Japanese-American internment during WWII through to the modern anti-terrorist ...
Deborah Kops, 2006
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The Black Dragon: Racial Profiling Exposed
In a fast-paced true story that reads like a novel, The Black Dragon: Racial Profiling Exposed is a passionate and much-needed account of the struggle to put an end to police profiling on the New Jersey Turnpike, according to Professor ...
Joseph Collum, 2010
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Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work
Explains the origins and justifications for using racial profiles in police investigation, and argues that not only does the policy have serious social side effects, but statistics suggest that it is ineffective.
David A. Harris, 2003
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Racial Profiling Controversy
One of the nation's leading racial profiling experts, Dr. Brian Withrow, who has successfully defended more police officers and agencies against racial profiling accusations than any other on record, spotlights: -Truths and misconceptions ...
Brian L. Withrow, 2010
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In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in ...
In Defense of Internment
Michelle Malkin, 2013
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Racial Profiling: Limited Data Available on Motorist Stops
Examines allegations that law enforcement members use race as a factor in deciding whether to make traffic stops, through analysis of the findings and methodologies of studies conducted on racial profiling and government data on motorist ...
Laurie E. Ekstrand, Evi L. Rezmovic, 2000
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Good Cop, Bad Cop: Racial Profiling and Competing Views of ...
"Good Cop, Bad Cop looks at the rise of racial profiling, one of the most important and hotly debated topics in criminal justice, and traces its development from its origins in criminal profiling, through the use of profiles in drug ...
Milton Heumann, Lance Cassak, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RACIAL PROFILING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term racial profiling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Snoop Dogg Arrested In Sweden, Slams Police For Racial Profiling
To Snoop's claims of racial profiling, the spokesperson reportedly said, "We don't work like that in Sweden." Also on HuffPo:. Hip-Hop's Most Iconic Female ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Faces Contempt Hearing In Racial Profiling
Phoenix (AP) — The sheriff for metro Phoenix begins a four-day hearing Tuesday that could bring him fines, damage his credibility and make him politically ... «CBS Local, Apr 15»
3
Chris Rock, Isaiah Washington, and Racial Profiling: Why Black …
His posting of selfies every time he's pulled over by the cops is another indicator of how racial profiling isn't negated by wealth and fame. via Twitter. Superstar ... «Daily Beast, Apr 15»
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Taraji P. Henson Racial Profiling Claim in Doubt After Video Surfaces
Previous: “Empire” star Taraji P. Henson's claim that her son was racially profiled during a traffic stop in Glendale, California last year is in question after police ... «TheWrap, Mar 15»
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Justice Dept. announces new rules to curb racial profiling by federal …
The Obama administration on Monday formally announced long-awaited curbs on racial profiling by federal law enforcement, but the new rules will not cover ... «Washington Post, Dec 14»
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Racial profiling will still be allowed at airports, along border despite …
As the Obama administration prepares to announce new curbs on racial profiling by federal law enforcement, government officials said Friday that many officers ... «Washington Post, Dec 14»
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Holder: New policy will "help end racial profiling"
ATLANTA -- In the wake of clashes at protests in Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says new Justice Department guidance will aim to end ... «CBS News, Dec 14»
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Daniele Watts, Actor Who Accused LAPD Of Racial Profiling
Django Unchained actor Daniele Watts was handcuffed during an encounter with police in September after witnesses said she and her boyfriend were having ... «BuzzFeed News, Oct 14»
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Macy's to pay $650000 for racial profiling
macys Macy's must pay a $650,000 fine to settle complaints that it's staffers wrongfully accused minority shoppers of stealing. «CNNMoney, Aug 14»
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Barneys Pays $525000 To Settle Allegations Of Racial Profiling
Barneys New York has agreed to pay $525,000 in fees and penalties following a nine-month investigation by the New York state attorney general into racial ... «Huffington Post, Aug 14»

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