Racial profiling

Racial profiling is the practice of targeting individuals based purely on their physical appearance rather than a justified suspicion. The color of their skin or other ethnic or religious features are taken as the basis for checks conducted by police, migration or customs officers or store detectives. Checks conducted purely based on physical appearance rather than a justified suspicion are discriminating, as a person is accused of acting in a criminal manner simply due to their ethnic origin or religious symbols. This leads to non-White people in particular being generally treated with suspicion. (cf. Federal Anti-Discrimination Office).