My question is: What types of racial profiling exist today?
Officially speaking, the United States does not sanction racial profiling. Of course, in practice, it occurs fairly often, usually in the context of law enforcement investigatory practices (such as 'randomly determined' security searches, or 'random' selection of speeders to pull over). Canada also does not officially sanction racial profiling, but has had similar cases of unofficial occurrence. Other countries have stricter policies banning racial profiling, and still others not only allow it, but encourage it. The practices regarding the subject vary considerably from nation to nation, depending on diversity of population, distribution of wealth between those with differing racial backgrounds, form of government, policies and social perceptions regarding race, and a large number of other factors.
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