Charles, I do not deny the existence of profiling - I am asserting that racism is not a very useful analytical category to explain that profiling. The reliance on conventional stereotypes (such as racial or gender profiling among many other forms) and rituals in organizationa decision-making has been well documented by studies of organizational behavior. However, linking the existence of such stereotypes to the gobbledegook that simplistically links behavior to human attitudes and vice versa is quite a different matter.
wojtek