Using basic statistics in order to determine behavior from people based on race is called racial profiling. It is why the police assume, all else being equal, t

Using basic statistics in order to determine behavior from people based on race is called racial profiling. It is why the police assume, all else being equal, that a black man is more likely to be involved in crime than a white man. Alone, "It's just statistics." should never be the justification if the outcome has a strong negative for an individual. Carl Sagan describe such profiling in his book The Demon-Haunted World. He calls it lazy thinking. People take in a complex person and reduces them down to single bits of information, man or woman, black or white.