INTRODUCTION In the immediate afte...

INTRODUCTION

In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks in succession the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, there was an apparent shift in the debate about racial profiling. After years of condemning the practice of racial profiling as individual that violated civil rights, commentators began to accept and on the same level advocate the practice as a necessary tactic to fight terrorism. (1) Public opinion catalogue of headss reflected a sudden approval of racial profiling as a sacrifice of civil liberties in order to achieve greater security. Arab-Americans, and those with Arab appearances, increasingly were singled on the outside for questioning and security checks