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Your understanding of the word profiling is as flawed as your understanding of the word prejudice.
Profiling isn't about placing people into groups
Isn't it?
[h=2]pro·fil·ing[/h] /ˈproʊfaɪlɪŋ/ Show Spelled [proh-fahy-ling] Show IPA noun 1. the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling .
2. the use of these characteristics to determine whether a person may be engaged in illegal activity, as in racial profiling .