Racial Profiling/Terrorist Alerts

Here are a couple of interesting articles on how following the rules, or even trying to be helpful can bring upon suspicion under the right circumstances. Yes I am suggesting if you are a male of color, especially if that color could be perceived as Middle Eastern in origin. The first is an article from the Washington Post by Courtland Milloy detailing experiences he had near the monuments this past weekend. The second article details the experiences of Anthony Zaki, a Pakistan-born British citizen who is a performer in the stage adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnights Children

posted by sajit @ 10:30 PM