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racial profiling
Use of phenotypical characteristics to determine police intervention, loosely based on potential associations with likely criminal behavior. The overwhelming tendency of state troopers in New Jersey and other areas to stop African American motorists in disproportionate numbers for questioning in the 1990s led to nationwide reform of this systematic discrimination. Such abuse has given rise to the ironic label DWB (Driving While Black) to protest such stops.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Culture
- Category: American culture
- Company: Routledge
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