My bad. I thought "racial profiling" was more generic and not about law enforcement in particular. I meant "racial profiling" as in all everyday racism that is

My bad. I thought "racial profiling" was more generic and not about law enforcement in particular. I meant "racial profiling" as in all everyday racism that is motivated by other people being suspicious, cautious and actively hostile towards people because they associate them with, or have bad experiences with, other people of the same race. If you want to talk about "justifiable", then we can also talk about how "racial profiling" can be very pragmatic and not just blind racism. Maybe being extra suspicious around a black man keeps you from being mugged? Maybe you have lived in a bad part of town and "racial profiling" has helped you keep out of trouble? And although it might be pragmatic, it's a disturbing practice in itself, and it's not really fair either. It's not simply "justifiable", end of story. It has wider implications. But people like you have too much tunnel vision to see the similarity, and the common hypocrisy around this subject. "Schrodinger's rapist"? Nice hate speech, if I'm allowed to use that as a more generic term.