"Even the most expert, subtle forms of racial profiling are imperfect, discriminatory, morally dubious, but probably necessary tools that one hopes are a temporary means to a desirable outcome," says Kurt Andersen, a columnist for New York magazine. Racial profiling and police brutality are not synonymous terms. Being especially alert to someone based on their appearance is biased, but does not have to become a violent or traumatizing event. Underneath layers of cultural taboo, racial …showed first 75 words of 1035 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1035 total…gives a name to what law enforcement is supposed to do. Works Cited: Anderson, Kurt. "Damned if We Do, and Don't." New York Magazine 15 August 2005: 18-20. Busse, Fill and Wm. Stephen Humphrey. "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later." Portland Mercury <Tab/> <Tab/>8 April 2004. Kennedy, Randall. Race, Crime, and the Law. New York and Toronto: Pantheon Books, 1997. Mac Donald, Heather. "The Myth of Racial Profiling." Wall Street Journal 24 October 2001.