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Those who justify it say that a higher percentages of people from certain minorities commit certain crimes. Therefore, it makes more sense to accord resources to track people those specific ethnicities.

Of course, there are two major problems with this analysis. First, it is self-reinforcing. If, for example, you spend more time examining the black community for criminals than the white community, you will naturally find more black criminals. Additionally, more black individuals will become angry with the system for treating them unfairly and may result to criminal activity because it could not worsen the way that they are treated. Second, race is often less useful for identifying a criminal than economic or social indicators. Imagine if there was such a thing as "height profiling" where adults shorter than 4ft 8in (142 cm) were profiled. It would seem silly because being short does not make a person more or less likely of committing a crime in any serious way. Race is similar.

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