Being a minority, I am glad to see that there are Caucasians that can see from the other side. Dave, you sound like my kinda guy. I wish I had a zipperlip to tell you about cuz you deserve it!

I understand why racical profiling seems like a good idea but honestly, have any of you been racially profiled before? Do you have any idea what it feels like? Are there ANY minorities here that have been and felt good about it? Until you have been, you really can't say. Like Dave said, ignorance is the root of racism. Do you all feel the Washington Redskins is a racial name? You know, if the Native Americans didn't think so then it wouldn't be, but they do. The point I'm trying to make is that if the group of people feel it is racist, then it is. If Caucasians felt that calling them 'White' is racist, then guess what? It is racist. Remember that it is really up to the citizen of Middle Eastern descend that has the right to claim whether it is racist or not. The problem is that they are most likely to concerned for their families to speak out. What a shame that we live in a world where we are not all equal, especially in this day and age.