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profiling
[ proh-fahy-ling ]
noun
- the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling
- the use of these characteristics to determine whether a person may be engaged in illegal activity, as in racial profiling
profiling
/ ˈəʊˌڲɪɪŋ /
noun
- the practice of categorizing people and predicting their behaviour according to particular characteristics such as race or age
racial profiling
Example Sentences
González: Well, the issue here is that there’s a racial profiling component.
Upon entering the center, there is a small display profiling the artist and her unusual career: a tattered copy of that Newsweek cover sits on the wall.
Border Patrol ran rampant through Bakersfield in what immigration advocates say was nothing but racial profiling aimed at intimidation.
Rather than “targeted” enforcement, the Border Patrol conducted “random stops of vehicles exclusively founded on racial profiling of individuals,” Ambar Tovar, director of legal services for the UFW Foundation, told me.
While nutrient profiling systems can be useful for choosing healthier options, current systems have limitations.
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