1. Is racial profiling a problem? How the hunt for bin Laden made US Muslims and immigrants threats / Seth Freed Wessler -- Racial profiling is being used in immigration checks / Aura Bogado -- Racial profiling is a rational response to information / Walter E. Williams -- Racial disparities in police activity do not indicate racial profiling / Heather Mac Donald -- Profiling on steroids / John F. McManus -- 2. Should Arab Muslims be profiled in the war on terror? Overview: Perceptions of racial profiling by Muslim Americans / Pew Research Center -- Airport security : let's profile Muslims / Asra Q. Nomani -- Concerns about racial profiling should not inhibit terrorist surveillance / Richard A. Epstein -- Spooked by the underwear bomber : instead of body scanners and ethnic profiling we need patience and resilience to tackle terrorism / Mehdi Hasan -- Racial profiling is ineffective in catching terrorists / Elahe Izadi -- Racial profiling in the war on terror leads to dangerous practices / Center for Human Rights and Global Justice -- 3. What are the causes and consequences of racial profiling? Trayvon Martin : confronting the problem of enduring racism / Doug Bandow -- A trial in black and white / Kevin Alexander Gray -- Justice for the system : there is no institutional racism in our courts and police stations / Ian Tuttle -- Racial profiling in America is part of systemic racism / Gary Younge -- We are all Juan Williams : associating minorities with crime is irrational, unjust, and completely normal / Shankar Vedantam -- Racial profiling may increase crime among those not profiled / Eric Horowitz -- 4. What should be done about racial profiling? Racism against young African American men needs to be addressed / Barack Obama -- Facing facts about race / Victor Davis Hanson -- There is a need for the End Racial Profiling Act / Benjamin L. Cardin -- There is no need for the End Racial Profiling Act / Roger Clegg -- Proposed prohibitions on racial profiling will hinder law enforcement / Linda Chavez.