Racial profiling is not necessarily racist as many claimed to be.

While racial profiling is a reasonable assumption solely based on the color of one's skin, it's not racist as many sensitive people claimed to be. Take for example, assuming that I'm a witness of a robbery scene, and here is what I described to the police: The criminal is a tall, skinny, and middle-aged African American male who wears a red T-shirt. If the police believes in what I said and starts to search for the potential suspects, is it "discriminatory" (as in a bad way) to look after people who are tall? How about people who are skinny? How about people who are middle-aged? How about men? How about those who happen to wear a red T-shirt? Why is racist/bad when it comes race? Like height, weight, age, gender, etc., race or skin color is just another characteristic that defines the physical appearance of a person. Secondly, it's statically likely that a certain group is more suspicious for a certain type of crime. Take for example (I'm not trying to intentionally pick on any group), it's "reasonable" and "logical" for police to believe an Arab-looking person to be a terrorist, an African American to be a drug dealer, a Hispanic to be an illegal immigrant, a white male to be a serial killer, etc. While there are some false stereotypes about certain groups of people, there are also facts that hard to argue. For example, in the black community, the ratio of black people in prison over the black population as a whole, is relatively higher comparing to other ethnic groups. It's "statistically" reasonable to pull over a black person driving on the highway than a white person. While there are plenty of black people in our society that follow the laws and do what they are supposed to do to be a good citizen, it's important to realize that crime rate is relatively higher in the black community. It's definitely horrible for a good-behaving black person to be pulled over because of his or her skin color. However, in the society as a whole, we must recognize and embrace some facts that are undeniable; black people are more "suspicious" because they have a relatively higher crime rate comparing to others (there are various reasons that cause this to happen, but that's irrelevant to this topic). If you look at other physical characteristics (such as the ones that I mentioned above), many will probably make a fair "statistically likely" assumption regarding to a certain feature as well. For example, it's undeniable that fat people are more susceptible to heart diseases and diabetes. While not all fat people have heart problem or diabetes, it's a "reasonable" assumption for many to assume that a fat person have such problems. Now, is it better to be a doctor who recommend his or her fat patient to run a heart/urine/blood check because the doctor acknowledge that the patient is over-weighted? Or is it better to be a doctor who turns "colorblind" to his or her patient's weight and have the patient to pay a larger consequence later in life? What I'm trying to say is that, while it's better to be a colorblind when it comes to college admission, job interview, and loan request, we will and we sometimes have to acknowledge a person's physical characteristics under certain circumstances. While I have all kinds of friends, I still know who are white, black, Asian, Hispanic, etc. And of course, I know who are tall/short, fat/skinny, young/old, etc. If I'm a good friend, I'll tell my fat friend to reduce his or her diet and my skinny friend to increase his or her diet. If I'm a good police, I'll suspect a black person for dealing with drugs and a white person for being a serial killer. As a friend, while my advice may offend my fat and skinny friends, my advice will only be beneficial to their own health. As a police, while my logical assumption based on race may hurt the feeling of those who are innocent, my assumption will only benefit the society in a more efficient way. *I acknowledged that some of my examples may offend someone out there, I must use these examples as part of my logic to prove my points. I'm very sorry about any offense and I'll apologize in advance if any of my statement or example offend anyone out there. *English is NOT my first language, I apologize for any grammar mistake. But please focus on my argument instead of my language ability. Thank you!