Statistics clearly show that a large number of African-Americans are arrested and incarcerated in the US today. This has been attributed to violation of drug laws especially in regard to drug trafficking and drug abuse among many other forms of crime such as robbery and street fighting (Merida, 2007). Due to high rates of arrests and imprisonment of African-Americans, families of colored people have faced stigmatization in the society (Mauer, 2006). In addition, the family structure has been destroyed since considerable numbers of both men and women are removed from the society. According Merida (2007) statistics show that “1 in 15 African-American children and 1 in 42 Latino children have a parent in prison, compared to 1 in 111 white children” (Guerino, Paige and Sabol, 2010). According to another report by Guerino, Paige, and Sabol (2010), compared to whites people of color are four times more likely to arrested once found in possession of drugs and twelve times more likely to be incarcerated once found in possession of drugs like marijuana. Thus, there is an imbalance of blacks incarcerated in the US today, which is directly associated to how blacks communities are policed. Discussion Numerous studies show that from the year1989 to 2003, a big number of minority groups were incarcerated compared to white American men and women (Mauer, 2006). These minority groups include black Americans, people of Hispanic origin and Latinos. The main issue is that racial inequality is widespread in the criminal justice system (Merida, 2007). The US population consists of all kinds of people in terms of race and culture. Despite of this composition, the US has been reported as a country with the highest levels of racial inequality. This can be explained in terms of social economical-status and long history of rivalry between American citizens of different ethnicities. Disparities in social-economical status have caused marginalization of minority groups, especially African-Americans (Mauer, 2006). For instance, the criminal justice system treats people of color in harshly compared to white Americans. Racial profiling only pertains to people of color A good number of law enforcement officers use race as a primary factor in deciding whether to enforce law on an individual (The Sentencing Project, 2004). This is known as racial profiling and it is an illegal practice in many countries. For a traffic officer to stop, question, or arrest a driver, ethnicity plays a major role in determining this issue. This unethical practice allows people from the minority groups, such as blacks, Arabs, Hispanic, and Latinos among others to be more vulnerable since they are perceived as criminals due to their low economical status (Merida, 2007). Generally, the assumption is that crime rates are high among people with poor social-economical status. Because of this, blacks are more likely to be stopped, questioned, or arrested by law enforcement officers based on racial profiling in the US (Prisons statistics, 2007). Once an officer has stopped a driver based on racial profiling, this opportunity allows traffic officers to question, search, or even arrest such an individual. F