racial profiling

British  

noun

1. government activity directed at a suspect or group of suspects based solely on race

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Example Sentences

Four months ago, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin denied that agents were engaged in racial profiling, calling claims of people being targeted because of skin color “disgusting and categorically FALSE.”

From Los Angeles Times

Department of Homeland Security denied targeting a school and also denied racial profiling.

From Los Angeles Times

Recent raids at Los Angeles Home Depot stores are raising concerns over whether federal agents may be violating a temporary restraining order that bans the use of racial profiling in immigration arrests.

From Los Angeles Times

Pedro Vásquez Perdomo, a day laborer who is one of the plaintiffs on the Southern California case challenging racial profiling by immigration enforcement, has said the case is bigger than him.

From Los Angeles Times

A federal judge ruled last week that the government cannot use racial profiling — what language someone speaks, for instance, or what race they are — in coming to the “reasonable suspicion” required to detain someone.

From Los Angeles Times