Racial profiling has been used by law enforcement since the early 1960s during the civil rights movement. The term “racial profiling” was introduced to criticize abusive police practices against people of different races, ethnicities, or national origins. You need to consider how to understand the practice and how to keep it distinct from other issues. Racial profiling is defined as “any action initiated by the police that is based on race, ethnicity or national origin, rather than on an individual's behavior or on information that leads the police to a particular individual who has been identified as, or who has been, engaged in criminal activity.” (Ramirez 5). This definition leads us to discuss what racial profiling has been over the years and how it cannot be combined with other aspects of discrimination. Racial profiling was based solely on: (1) The use of race, ethnicity, or national origin and not (2) The use of an individual's behavior or information that helps apprehend someone who has been identified as being, or who has been, involved in criminal activity. (1) provides different investigative methods (race, ethnicity, or national origin) while (2) tells us about the investigative methods and the goals or outcomes of these investigative methods and uses specific information about suspicious activity such as the individual's behavior. Including this contrast in the definition raises two problems. Although, due to these classifications, this article would focus on the combination of the two above-mentioned opinions that contribute to profiling. And focus on why more blacks were stopped driving than whites or more Muslims of Middle Eastern origin were stopped at the airport than other people. There are... half the paper... T an "antidote to racial profiling... If you're looking for a certain race or ethnicity, you're making a big mistake. Works cited by Amnesty International, "Racial profiling does not increase the safety of borders." At Issue: Protecting America's Borders, Ed Douglas Stinson, San Deigo, Greenhaven Press 2005, November 27, 2007 Harris, D. 1999a “Driving While is African Americans: Racial Profiling on Our Nation's Highways.” American Civil Liberties Union Special Report Ramirez, D., McDevitt, J and A. Farrell Justice.Risse, Mathias. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, September 24, 2006. Web>