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* ''Fanfic/NeverBeSilent'': The metahuman-detection watches Harry created essentially functions as this, as it makes it impossible for metahumans to hide and therefore makes it easier for them to be discriminated against out of the assumption that all metahumans are inherently malevolent. Harry doesn't really acknowledge the implications of his creation until Jesse is turned into a metahuman, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone whereupon he realizes he set up his daughter's life to be ruined]].
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* ''Fanfic/NeverBeSilent'': The metahuman-detection watches Harry created essentially functions as this, as it makes it impossible for metahumans to hide and therefore makes it easier for them to be discriminated against out of the assumption that all metahumans are inherently malevolent. Harry doesn't really acknowledge the implications of his creation until Jesse is turned into a metahuman, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone whereupon he realizes he set up his daughter's life to be ruined]].
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profiling is for this type of asian store owner now
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* Parodied in the gas station scene in ''Film/DontBeAMenaceToSouthCentralWhileDrinkingYourJuiceInTheHood''. The {{Asian Store Owner}}s consistently harass Ashtray and Loc Dog while they're frequenting their store, while completely ignoring the white customer who is robbing them blind in plain view of everyone.
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* Parodied in the gas station scene in ''Film/DontBeAMenaceToSouthCentralWhileDrinkingYourJuiceInTheHood''. The {{Asian Store Owner}}s Asian store owners consistently harass Ashtray and Loc Dog while they're frequenting their store, while completely ignoring the white customer who is robbing them blind in plain view of everyone.
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A common, non-police variation is taxi cab drivers [[FailingATaxi not picking up passengers of certain ethnicities]].
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A common, non-police variation is taxi cab drivers [[FailingATaxi not picking up passengers of certain ethnicities]].
ethnicities]]. Another includes store owners and employees following and watching anyone who comes into the store who is an ethnic minority (typically black or brown) because they immediately suspect them of only trying to steal.
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* This was pretty much the point of the film ''Film/TheSiege'' with Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis and Tony Shalhoub where a series of terrorist attacks results in New York being put under martial law, ''habeas corpus'' being revoked temporarily, all citizens of Middle Eastern descent being arrested and the use of torture.
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* This was pretty much Judging by ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', not even ComicBook/NickFury is immune to D.C. cops thinking he stole his sweet S.H.I.E.L.D. SUV. [[spoiler:Of course, the point cops in this case turned out to be assassins, but the look on his face clearly communicates that this is not the first time.]]
* Parodied in the gas station scene in ''Film/DontBeAMenaceToSouthCentralWhileDrinkingYourJuiceInTheHood''. The {{Asian Store Owner}}s consistently harass Ashtray and Loc Dog while they're frequenting their store, while completely ignoring the white customer who is robbing them blind in plain view of everyone.
* ''Film/HigherLearning'': Fudge and his group complain repeatedly of racism toward them from the campus police (who also appear to have just one black member), which is born out by the film''Film/TheSiege'' with Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis and Tony Shalhoub where a series of terrorist attacks results in New York being put under martial law, ''habeas corpus'' being revoked temporarily, all citizens of Middle Eastern descent being arrested and since the use officers always assume that it's them who caused any issue or ignore white students doing the same thing.
* ''Film/{{Master}}'': By the end oftorture.the movie, a report of a "suspicious female" walking on the university quad is heard over the college security radio. The "suspicious female" is Gale, a faculty member who is just walking home.
* Parodied in the gas station scene in ''Film/DontBeAMenaceToSouthCentralWhileDrinkingYourJuiceInTheHood''. The {{Asian Store Owner}}s consistently harass Ashtray and Loc Dog while they're frequenting their store, while completely ignoring the white customer who is robbing them blind in plain view of everyone.
* ''Film/HigherLearning'': Fudge and his group complain repeatedly of racism toward them from the campus police (who also appear to have just one black member), which is born out by the film
* ''Film/{{Master}}'': By the end of
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* Parodied in the gas station scene in ''Film/DontBeAMenaceToSouthCentralWhileDrinkingYourJuiceInTheHood''. The {{Asian Store Owner}}s consistently harass Ashtray and Loc Dog while they're frequenting their store, while completely ignoring the white customer who is robbing them blind in plain view of everyone.
* Judging by ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', not even ComicBook/NickFury is immune to D.C. cops thinking he stole his sweet S.H.I.E.L.D. SUV. [[spoiler:Of course, the cops in this case turned out to be assassins, but the look on his face clearly communicates that this is not the first time.]]
* Judging by ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', not even ComicBook/NickFury is immune to D.C. cops thinking he stole his sweet S.H.I.E.L.D. SUV. [[spoiler:Of course, the cops in this case turned out to be assassins, but the look on his face clearly communicates that this is not the first time.]]
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* ''Film/{{Master}}'': By the end of the movie, a report of a "suspicious female" walking on the university quad is heard over the college security radio. The "suspicious female" is Gale, a faculty member who is just walking home.
* ''Film/HigherLearning'': Fudge and his group complain repeatedly of racism toward them from the campus police (who also appear to have just one black member), which is born out by the film since the officers always assume that it's them who caused any issue or ignore white students doing the same thing.
* ''Film/HigherLearning'': Fudge and his group complain repeatedly of racism toward them from the campus police (who also appear to have just one black member), which is born out by the film since the officers always assume that it's them who caused any issue or ignore white students doing the same thing.
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* ''Film/{{Master}}'': By This was pretty much the end point of the movie, a report of a "suspicious female" walking on the university quad is heard over the college security radio. The "suspicious female" is Gale, a faculty member who is just walking home.
* ''Film/HigherLearning'': Fudge and his group complain repeatedly of racism toward them from the campus police (who also appear to have just one black member), which is born out bythe film since ''Film/TheSiege'' with Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis and Tony Shalhoub where a series of terrorist attacks results in New York being put under martial law, ''habeas corpus'' being revoked temporarily, all citizens of Middle Eastern descent being arrested and the officers always assume that it's them who caused any issue or ignore white students doing the same thing.use of torture.
* ''Film/HigherLearning'': Fudge and his group complain repeatedly of racism toward them from the campus police (who also appear to have just one black member), which is born out by
* In ''Literature/TheCuckoosCalling'', the client puts a special emphasis on a black man filmed acting suspiciously around the scene and time of his sister's [[NeverSuicide suspicious suicide]], nicknamed The Runner. It happens that his uncle is a total racist [[spoiler:but actually, the client knows perfectly well who The Runner is -- the guy with a legitimate claim to Lula Landry's inheritance -- and is trying to frame him.]]
* In ''Literature/MenAtArms'', the Night Watch are horrified to hear that [[FantasticRacism speciesist]] copper Mayonnaise Quirke of the Day Watch has dealt with the murder of a dwarf by arresting the first troll he could find who didn't have an alibi. (Especially since they already ''knew'' it wasn't a troll because the door of the victim's workshop was too small for a troll to go through.)
* In ''Literature/MenAtArms'', the Night Watch are horrified to hear that [[FantasticRacism speciesist]] copper Mayonnaise Quirke of the Day Watch has dealt with the murder of a dwarf by arresting the first troll he could find who didn't have an alibi. (Especially since they already ''knew'' it wasn't a troll because the door of the victim's workshop was too small for a troll to go through.)
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* In ''Literature/MenAtArms'', the Night Watch are horrified to hear that [[FantasticRacism speciesist]] copper Mayonnaise Quirke of the Day Watch has dealt with the murder of a dwarf by arresting the first troll he could find who didn't have an alibi. (Especially since they already ''knew'' it wasn't a troll because the door of the victim's workshop was too small for a troll to go through.)
* In ''Literature/TheCuckoosCalling'', the client puts a special emphasis on a black man filmed acting suspiciously around the scene and time of his sister's [[NeverSuicide suspicious suicide]], nicknamed The Runner. It happens that his uncle is a total racist [[spoiler:but actually, the client knows perfectly well who The Runner is -- the guy with a legitimate claim to Lula Landry's inheritance -- and is trying to frame him.]]
* In ''Literature/TheCuckoosCalling'', the client puts a special emphasis on a black man filmed acting suspiciously around the scene and time of his sister's [[NeverSuicide suspicious suicide]], nicknamed The Runner. It happens that his uncle is a total racist [[spoiler:but actually, the client knows perfectly well who The Runner is -- the guy with a legitimate claim to Lula Landry's inheritance -- and is trying to frame him.]]
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* ''Series/TheWestWing'':
** Spent an entire episode on this, with Bartlett's Supreme Court nominee Roberto Mendoza being arrested for driving drunk--even though he had a liver condition that meant if he drank that much, he'd be ''dead.''
** In the CanonDiscontinuity episode ''Isaac and Ishmael'', a worker at the White House is detained after a security flag runs up against his name. He has a rather heated discussion with Leo about his anger at being subject to racial profiling and Leo telling him that's what you get when you look like the enemy.
* There was an episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' where Will and Carlton are driving a very nice car belonging to a friend of Uncle Phil. They get pulled over by the police for driving incredibly slowly, and then arrested with little regard for due process. During all this the writers contrast Will's StreetSmarts and cynicism with Carlton's [[TheWoobie Woobieish]] optimism in authority figures as he blunders through several actions that a well behaved rich kid can't see the shame in but Will tries to advise him against.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'':
** Chris tells us that the only thing that can distract the cops from seeing a black kid in a car is ''two'' black kids in a car.
** Another had Chris selected for a police line-up because he 'fit the profile' along with several other black men who look nothing alike. Chris comments that he knows how profiling works, and the scene cuts away to a man giving a detailed description of the perp there looking for, and then the scene repeats again to reveal that all the officer heard when the man mentioned he was black, was the word black.
-->"And he walked with a black."
** Spent an entire episode on this, with Bartlett's Supreme Court nominee Roberto Mendoza being arrested for driving drunk--even though he had a liver condition that meant if he drank that much, he'd be ''dead.''
** In the CanonDiscontinuity episode ''Isaac and Ishmael'', a worker at the White House is detained after a security flag runs up against his name. He has a rather heated discussion with Leo about his anger at being subject to racial profiling and Leo telling him that's what you get when you look like the enemy.
* There was an episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' where Will and Carlton are driving a very nice car belonging to a friend of Uncle Phil. They get pulled over by the police for driving incredibly slowly, and then arrested with little regard for due process. During all this the writers contrast Will's StreetSmarts and cynicism with Carlton's [[TheWoobie Woobieish]] optimism in authority figures as he blunders through several actions that a well behaved rich kid can't see the shame in but Will tries to advise him against.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'':
** Chris tells us that the only thing that can distract the cops from seeing a black kid in a car is ''two'' black kids in a car.
** Another had Chris selected for a police line-up because he 'fit the profile' along with several other black men who look nothing alike. Chris comments that he knows how profiling works, and the scene cuts away to a man giving a detailed description of the perp there looking for, and then the scene repeats again to reveal that all the officer heard when the man mentioned he was black, was the word black.
-->"And he walked with a black."
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* In an episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'', Eddie is pulled over for driving in a white neighborhood. Carl doesn't believe it at first until he hears it straight from the two cops' mouths.
* An episode of ''Series/SmartGuy'' had Yvette's friend Nina getting a job at a clothing store, only to find that the store manager wanted her job to be following black people around the store to stop them from stealing. She awkwardly follows people around, not wanting to get fired, but then Yvette comes in and it gets really awkward. Nina then tries to change the manager's point of view, only for the manager to justify her own position with some anecdotal evidence and ask Nina to leave. Later we see the manager following a black guy around the store...who turns out to be an executive of the clothing chain, contacted by Yvette and Nina about the manager's behavior. Oops. They also arranged for one of their white friends to come into the store and carry out armfuls of clothing while the manager was following the black executive, even having him bow to the security camera, to emphasize her mistake.
* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', a character accused of stealing because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time is described as having been "lurking" in the area. "Lurking? You mean, 'standing while black'?"
* A minor subplot in the ''{{Series/ER}}'' episode "A Thousand Cranes" has Drs. Pratt and Gallant get arrested for a murder committed at a local diner after having been stopped due to this trope, then a bloody shirt was found in the car. Said shirt, [[NotWhatItLooksLike naturally, was from one of them getting their nose bloodied during a game of basketball earlier that day]].
* Happens to Eddie on ''Series/FamilyMatters''. Carl, suspicious of Eddie's claim, simply gets angry at him for getting another ticket until he speaks to the cops who pulled him over. It turns out the one in charge is indeed a bigot while the younger one was just doing his job.
* Done in ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', with the show's [[SarcasmMode typical subtlety]] -- Raven isn't hired as a sales clerk, while her friend [[TheDitz Chelsea]] is, despite Raven performing much better in the preliminary tests (such as folding and categorizing clothes). Fair enough... but then she has a vision that the manager confessed to not liking black people. So, Raven wears a [[MasterOfDisguise ridiculous disguise]], with a hidden camera, to engineer the confession, which, after much [[HilarityEnsues pratfalling]], she gets. The manager doesn't even try to justify it like the one on ''[[Series/SmartGuy Smart Guy]]'' does -- she just cheerily admits to being racist, almost without provocation, to a perfect stranger, in a public place, while working as a salesperson, only for her confession to be secretly tapped on the news.
* Averted with ''Series/{{Martin}}''. Martin is pulled over by a police officer and decides to fight the ticket. While in court he accuses the officer of being racist. The officer disagrees and as evidence asks his wife to stand up. Martin is left speechless when the elegant black woman in the front row stands and introduces herself.
* ''Series/{{Taggart}}'' codified the concept of "Innocent until proven Irish."
* An early version of this is seen in ''Series/GoodTimes'' when J.J. is arrested for a robbery. Eventually, the police let him go in embarrassment when they catch the real criminal: a short white guy who looks absolutely nothing like J.J. beyond having the exact same outfit of clothes.
* On one episode of ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'', George was told to demote Hosni, an Arab-American employee, from his plane-inspecting position because of his background. George protests, but his bosses tell him that they don't have a choice. The company is trying to win a contract from the government that they need in order to avoid laying people off. Once George explains the situation to Hosni, he understands and agrees to take the demotion.
* Brought up in ''Series/TwentyFour'' where a FBI analyst expresses disgust at profiling Muslims in light of terrorist attacks. Jack shuts her down by saying he doesn't like it either, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo but they have no choice.]]
* An episode of ''Series/SmartGuy'' had Yvette's friend Nina getting a job at a clothing store, only to find that the store manager wanted her job to be following black people around the store to stop them from stealing. She awkwardly follows people around, not wanting to get fired, but then Yvette comes in and it gets really awkward. Nina then tries to change the manager's point of view, only for the manager to justify her own position with some anecdotal evidence and ask Nina to leave. Later we see the manager following a black guy around the store...who turns out to be an executive of the clothing chain, contacted by Yvette and Nina about the manager's behavior. Oops. They also arranged for one of their white friends to come into the store and carry out armfuls of clothing while the manager was following the black executive, even having him bow to the security camera, to emphasize her mistake.
* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', a character accused of stealing because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time is described as having been "lurking" in the area. "Lurking? You mean, 'standing while black'?"
* A minor subplot in the ''{{Series/ER}}'' episode "A Thousand Cranes" has Drs. Pratt and Gallant get arrested for a murder committed at a local diner after having been stopped due to this trope, then a bloody shirt was found in the car. Said shirt, [[NotWhatItLooksLike naturally, was from one of them getting their nose bloodied during a game of basketball earlier that day]].
* Happens to Eddie on ''Series/FamilyMatters''. Carl, suspicious of Eddie's claim, simply gets angry at him for getting another ticket until he speaks to the cops who pulled him over. It turns out the one in charge is indeed a bigot while the younger one was just doing his job.
* Done in ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', with the show's [[SarcasmMode typical subtlety]] -- Raven isn't hired as a sales clerk, while her friend [[TheDitz Chelsea]] is, despite Raven performing much better in the preliminary tests (such as folding and categorizing clothes). Fair enough... but then she has a vision that the manager confessed to not liking black people. So, Raven wears a [[MasterOfDisguise ridiculous disguise]], with a hidden camera, to engineer the confession, which, after much [[HilarityEnsues pratfalling]], she gets. The manager doesn't even try to justify it like the one on ''[[Series/SmartGuy Smart Guy]]'' does -- she just cheerily admits to being racist, almost without provocation, to a perfect stranger, in a public place, while working as a salesperson, only for her confession to be secretly tapped on the news.
* Averted with ''Series/{{Martin}}''. Martin is pulled over by a police officer and decides to fight the ticket. While in court he accuses the officer of being racist. The officer disagrees and as evidence asks his wife to stand up. Martin is left speechless when the elegant black woman in the front row stands and introduces herself.
* ''Series/{{Taggart}}'' codified the concept of "Innocent until proven Irish."
* An early version of this is seen in ''Series/GoodTimes'' when J.J. is arrested for a robbery. Eventually, the police let him go in embarrassment when they catch the real criminal: a short white guy who looks absolutely nothing like J.J. beyond having the exact same outfit of clothes.
* On one episode of ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'', George was told to demote Hosni, an Arab-American employee, from his plane-inspecting position because of his background. George protests, but his bosses tell him that they don't have a choice. The company is trying to win a contract from the government that they need in order to avoid laying people off. Once George explains the situation to Hosni, he understands and agrees to take the demotion.
* Brought up in ''Series/TwentyFour'' where a FBI analyst expresses disgust at profiling Muslims in light of terrorist attacks. Jack shuts her down by saying he doesn't like it either, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo but they have no choice.]]
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* In an episode of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Hardison [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this, then [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the invocation when he is being hassled by security guards:
-->'''Hardison:''' This is about my ethni''ti''city, isn't it? [[DiscriminateAndSwitch It's cause I'm Jewish!]]''
-->'''Hardison:''' This is about my ethni''ti''city, isn't it? [[DiscriminateAndSwitch It's cause I'm Jewish!]]''
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* In ''The Creator/LennyHenry Show'''s spoof UsefulNotes/TheRaj drama ''The Jewel in the Passage'', Henry's character (a [[CompositeCharacter composite]] of Dr Aziz in ''Literature/APassageToIndia'' and Hari Kumar in ''Series/TheJewelInTheCrown'') says he'll be tried in the great tradition of British colonial justice -- innocent until proven black.
* ''Series/TheRookie2018'': Doug Stanton, Jackson's new T.O., almost immediately accused a young black man who's reported a crime to them of being a gang member, suspecting that the incident was related. He does this solely based on the young man's race and the flimsiest inference from a single dot tattoo. This is Jackson's first clue that Doug isn't really so nice as he appears. He keeps up the same behavior after this, which causes Jackson and Grey to decide that they must take him down.
* ''Series/ProdigalSon'': JT is a victim of this from White police officers in the Season 2 premiere, who assume that he was involved with the crime absent evidence at all, just because he's Black. After they draw their guns on him (and one calls him "boy" to boot) he's in great danger before Dani arrives, rescuing him by revealing that JT's a detective. He's outraged about it afterward, but afraid they'll claim he assaulted them in defense. Gil assures him he'll back up what he says though.
* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': Sam and Bucky are in a heated argument walking down the street in Baltimore when confronted by the police who clearly assume Sam is the danger for being black. Ironically, after they realize Sam is the Falcon, they end up arresting Bucky for missing his court mandated therapy session.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Parodied in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9U3Gc832Y Amazon Go]]", which spoofs the titular cashierless convenience store chain where payment is automatic and customers can just take what they want and leave. The white customers are all amazed by the technology, while the black customers -- used to being profiled as shoplifters -- are all incredibly suspicious.
-->Alexa! Search "amazon go store black man trap"!
* A sketch on ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'' had a police officer called in by DaChief because he kept bringing in the same man on increasingly absurd charges, including "being in posession of curly hair". Eventually the chief asks if the man is black, and the officer replies with a wounded "Hadn't noticed, sir!"
* ''Series/TheRookie2018'': Doug Stanton, Jackson's new T.O., almost immediately accused a young black man who's reported a crime to them of being a gang member, suspecting that the incident was related. He does this solely based on the young man's race and the flimsiest inference from a single dot tattoo. This is Jackson's first clue that Doug isn't really so nice as he appears. He keeps up the same behavior after this, which causes Jackson and Grey to decide that they must take him down.
* ''Series/ProdigalSon'': JT is a victim of this from White police officers in the Season 2 premiere, who assume that he was involved with the crime absent evidence at all, just because he's Black. After they draw their guns on him (and one calls him "boy" to boot) he's in great danger before Dani arrives, rescuing him by revealing that JT's a detective. He's outraged about it afterward, but afraid they'll claim he assaulted them in defense. Gil assures him he'll back up what he says though.
* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': Sam and Bucky are in a heated argument walking down the street in Baltimore when confronted by the police who clearly assume Sam is the danger for being black. Ironically, after they realize Sam is the Falcon, they end up arresting Bucky for missing his court mandated therapy session.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Parodied in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9U3Gc832Y Amazon Go]]", which spoofs the titular cashierless convenience store chain where payment is automatic and customers can just take what they want and leave. The white customers are all amazed by the technology, while the black customers -- used to being profiled as shoplifters -- are all incredibly suspicious.
-->Alexa! Search "amazon go store black man trap"!
* A sketch on ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'' had a police officer called in by DaChief because he kept bringing in the same man on increasingly absurd charges, including "being in posession of curly hair". Eventually the chief asks if the man is black, and the officer replies with a wounded "Hadn't noticed, sir!"
* A minor subplot in the ''{{Series/ER}}'' episode "A Thousand Cranes" has Drs. Pratt and Gallant get arrested for a murder committed at a local diner after having been stopped due to this trope, then a bloody shirt was found in the car. Said shirt, [[NotWhatItLooksLike naturally, was from one of them getting their nose bloodied during a game of basketball earlier that day]].
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'':
** Chris tells us that the only thing that can distract the cops from seeing a black kid in a car is ''two'' black kids in a car.
** Another had Chris selected for a police line-up because he 'fit the profile' along with several other black men who look nothing alike. Chris comments that he knows how profiling works, and the scene cuts away to a man giving a detailed description of the perp there looking for, and then the scene repeats again to reveal that all the officer heard when the man mentioned he was black, was the word black.
* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': Sam and Bucky are in a heated argument walking down the street in Baltimore when confronted by the police who clearly assume Sam is the danger for being black. Ironically, after they realize Sam is the Falcon, they end up arresting Bucky for missing his court mandated therapy session.
-->"And he walked with a black."
* In an episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'', Eddie is pulled over for driving in a white neighborhood. Carl, suspicious of Eddie's claim, simply gets angry at him for getting another ticket until he speaks to the cops who pulled him over. It turns out the one in charge is indeed a bigot while the younger one was just doing his job.
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': In one episode, Will and Carlton are driving a very nice car belonging to a friend of Uncle Phil. They get pulled over by the police for driving incredibly slowly, and then arrested with little regard for due process. During all this the writers contrast Will's StreetSmarts and cynicism born from his upbringing in the hood with Carlton's [[TheWoobie Woobieish]] optimism in authority figures from his wealthy upbringing which shielded him from such treatment, as Carlton blunders through several actions that a well behaved rich kid can't see the shame in but Will tries to advise him against.
* On one episode of ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'', George was told to demote Hosni, an Arab-American employee, from his plane-inspecting position because of his background. George protests, but his bosses tell him that they don't have a choice. The company is trying to win a contract from the government that they need in order to avoid laying people off. Once George explains the situation to Hosni, he understands and agrees to take the demotion.
* An early version of this is seen in ''Series/GoodTimes'' when J.J. is arrested for a robbery. Eventually, the police let him go in embarrassment when they catch the real criminal: a short white guy who looks absolutely nothing like J.J. beyond having the exact same outfit of clothes.
* In ''The Creator/LennyHenry Show'''s spoof UsefulNotes/TheRaj drama ''The Jewel in the Passage'', Henry's character (a [[CompositeCharacter composite]] of Dr Aziz in ''Literature/APassageToIndia'' and Hari Kumar in ''Series/TheJewelInTheCrown'') says he'll be tried in the great tradition of British colonial justice -- innocent until proven black.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'':
** Chris tells us that the only thing that can distract the cops from seeing a black kid in a car is ''two'' black kids in a car.
** Another had Chris selected for a police line-up because he 'fit the profile' along with several other black men who look nothing alike. Chris comments that he knows how profiling works, and the scene cuts away to a man giving a detailed description of the perp there looking for, and then the scene repeats again to reveal that all the officer heard when the man mentioned he was black, was the word black.
* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': Sam and Bucky are in a heated argument walking down the street in Baltimore when confronted by the police who clearly assume Sam is the danger for being black. Ironically, after they realize Sam is the Falcon, they end up arresting Bucky for missing his court mandated therapy session.
-->"And he walked with a black."
* In an episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'', Eddie is pulled over for driving in a white neighborhood. Carl, suspicious of Eddie's claim, simply gets angry at him for getting another ticket until he speaks to the cops who pulled him over. It turns out the one in charge is indeed a bigot while the younger one was just doing his job.
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': In one episode, Will and Carlton are driving a very nice car belonging to a friend of Uncle Phil. They get pulled over by the police for driving incredibly slowly, and then arrested with little regard for due process. During all this the writers contrast Will's StreetSmarts and cynicism born from his upbringing in the hood with Carlton's [[TheWoobie Woobieish]] optimism in authority figures from his wealthy upbringing which shielded him from such treatment, as Carlton blunders through several actions that a well behaved rich kid can't see the shame in but Will tries to advise him against.
* On one episode of ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'', George was told to demote Hosni, an Arab-American employee, from his plane-inspecting position because of his background. George protests, but his bosses tell him that they don't have a choice. The company is trying to win a contract from the government that they need in order to avoid laying people off. Once George explains the situation to Hosni, he understands and agrees to take the demotion.
* An early version of this is seen in ''Series/GoodTimes'' when J.J. is arrested for a robbery. Eventually, the police let him go in embarrassment when they catch the real criminal: a short white guy who looks absolutely nothing like J.J. beyond having the exact same outfit of clothes.
* In ''The Creator/LennyHenry Show'''s spoof UsefulNotes/TheRaj drama ''The Jewel in the Passage'', Henry's character (a [[CompositeCharacter composite]] of Dr Aziz in ''Literature/APassageToIndia'' and Hari Kumar in ''Series/TheJewelInTheCrown'') says he'll be tried in the great tradition of British colonial justice -- innocent until proven black.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Hardison [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this, then [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the invocation when he is being hassled by security guards:
-->'''Hardison:''' This is about my ethni''ti''city, isn't it? [[DiscriminateAndSwitch It's cause I'm Jewish!]]''
* ''Series/{{Martin}}'': Martin is pulled over by a police officer and decides to fight the ticket. While in court he accuses the officer of being racist and himself a victim of racial profiling. The officer disagrees and as evidence asks his wife to stand up. Martin is left speechless when the elegant black woman in the front row stands and introduces herself.
* A sketch on ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'' had a police officer called in by DaChief because he kept bringing in the same man on increasingly absurd charges, including "being in posession of curly hair". Eventually the chief asks if the man is black, and the officer replies with a wounded "Hadn't noticed, sir!"
* ''Series/ProdigalSon'': JT is a victim of this from White police officers in the Season 2 premiere, who assume that he was involved with the crime absent evidence at all, just because he's Black. After they draw their guns on him (and one calls him "boy" to boot) he's in great danger before Dani arrives, rescuing him by revealing that JT's a detective. He's outraged about it afterward, but afraid they'll claim he assaulted them in defense. Gil assures him he'll back up what he says though.
* ''Series/TheRookie2018'': Doug Stanton, Jackson's new T.O., almost immediately accused a young black man who's reported a crime to them of being a gang member, suspecting that the incident was related. He does this solely based on the young man's race and the flimsiest inference from a single dot tattoo. This is Jackson's first clue that Doug isn't really so nice as he appears. He keeps up the same behavior after this, which causes Jackson and Grey to decide that they must take him down.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Parodied in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9U3Gc832Y Amazon Go]]", which spoofs the titular cashierless convenience store chain where payment is automatic and customers can just take what they want and leave. The white customers are all amazed by the technology, while the black customers -- used to being profiled as shoplifters -- are all incredibly suspicious.
-->Alexa! Search "amazon go store black man trap"!
* An episode of ''Series/SmartGuy'' had Yvette's friend Nina getting a job at a clothing store, only to find that the store manager wanted her job to be following black people around the store to stop them from stealing. She awkwardly follows people around, not wanting to get fired, but then Yvette comes in and it gets really awkward. Nina then tries to change the manager's point of view, only for the manager to justify her own position with some anecdotal evidence and ask Nina to leave. Later we see the manager following a black guy around the store...who turns out to be an executive of the clothing chain, contacted by Yvette and Nina about the manager's behavior. Oops. They also arranged for one of their white friends to come into the store and carry out armfuls of clothing while the manager was following the black executive, even having him bow to the security camera, to emphasize her mistake.
%% * ''Series/{{Taggart}}'' codified the concept of "Innocent until proven Irish."
* Done in ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', with the show's [[SarcasmMode typical subtlety]] -- Raven isn't hired as a sales clerk, while her friend [[TheDitz Chelsea]] is, despite Raven performing much better in the preliminary tests (such as folding and categorizing clothes). Fair enough... but then she has a vision that the manager confessed to not liking black people. So, Raven wears a [[MasterOfDisguise ridiculous disguise]], with a hidden camera, to engineer the confession, which, after much [[HilarityEnsues pratfalling]], she gets. The manager doesn't even try to justify it like the one on ''[[Series/SmartGuy Smart Guy]]'' does -- she just cheerily admits to being racist, almost without provocation, to a perfect stranger, in a public place, while working as a salesperson, only for her confession to be secretly tapped on the news.
* Brought up in ''Series/TwentyFour'' where a FBI analyst expresses disgust at profiling Muslims in light of terrorist attacks. Jack shuts her down by saying he doesn't like it either, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo but they have no choice.]]
* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', a character accused of stealing because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time is described as having been "lurking" in the area. "Lurking? You mean, 'standing while black'?"
* ''Series/TheWestWing'':
** Spent an entire episode on this, with Bartlett's Supreme Court nominee Roberto Mendoza being arrested for driving drunk--even though he had a liver condition that meant if he drank that much, he'd be ''dead.''
** In the CanonDiscontinuity episode ''Isaac and Ishmael'', a worker at the White House is detained after a security flag runs up against his name. He has a rather heated discussion with Leo about his anger at being subject to racial profiling and Leo telling him that's what you get when you look like the enemy.
-->'''Hardison:''' This is about my ethni''ti''city, isn't it? [[DiscriminateAndSwitch It's cause I'm Jewish!]]''
* ''Series/{{Martin}}'': Martin is pulled over by a police officer and decides to fight the ticket. While in court he accuses the officer of being racist and himself a victim of racial profiling. The officer disagrees and as evidence asks his wife to stand up. Martin is left speechless when the elegant black woman in the front row stands and introduces herself.
* A sketch on ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'' had a police officer called in by DaChief because he kept bringing in the same man on increasingly absurd charges, including "being in posession of curly hair". Eventually the chief asks if the man is black, and the officer replies with a wounded "Hadn't noticed, sir!"
* ''Series/ProdigalSon'': JT is a victim of this from White police officers in the Season 2 premiere, who assume that he was involved with the crime absent evidence at all, just because he's Black. After they draw their guns on him (and one calls him "boy" to boot) he's in great danger before Dani arrives, rescuing him by revealing that JT's a detective. He's outraged about it afterward, but afraid they'll claim he assaulted them in defense. Gil assures him he'll back up what he says though.
* ''Series/TheRookie2018'': Doug Stanton, Jackson's new T.O., almost immediately accused a young black man who's reported a crime to them of being a gang member, suspecting that the incident was related. He does this solely based on the young man's race and the flimsiest inference from a single dot tattoo. This is Jackson's first clue that Doug isn't really so nice as he appears. He keeps up the same behavior after this, which causes Jackson and Grey to decide that they must take him down.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Parodied in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9U3Gc832Y Amazon Go]]", which spoofs the titular cashierless convenience store chain where payment is automatic and customers can just take what they want and leave. The white customers are all amazed by the technology, while the black customers -- used to being profiled as shoplifters -- are all incredibly suspicious.
-->Alexa! Search "amazon go store black man trap"!
* An episode of ''Series/SmartGuy'' had Yvette's friend Nina getting a job at a clothing store, only to find that the store manager wanted her job to be following black people around the store to stop them from stealing. She awkwardly follows people around, not wanting to get fired, but then Yvette comes in and it gets really awkward. Nina then tries to change the manager's point of view, only for the manager to justify her own position with some anecdotal evidence and ask Nina to leave. Later we see the manager following a black guy around the store...who turns out to be an executive of the clothing chain, contacted by Yvette and Nina about the manager's behavior. Oops. They also arranged for one of their white friends to come into the store and carry out armfuls of clothing while the manager was following the black executive, even having him bow to the security camera, to emphasize her mistake.
%% * ''Series/{{Taggart}}'' codified the concept of "Innocent until proven Irish."
* Done in ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', with the show's [[SarcasmMode typical subtlety]] -- Raven isn't hired as a sales clerk, while her friend [[TheDitz Chelsea]] is, despite Raven performing much better in the preliminary tests (such as folding and categorizing clothes). Fair enough... but then she has a vision that the manager confessed to not liking black people. So, Raven wears a [[MasterOfDisguise ridiculous disguise]], with a hidden camera, to engineer the confession, which, after much [[HilarityEnsues pratfalling]], she gets. The manager doesn't even try to justify it like the one on ''[[Series/SmartGuy Smart Guy]]'' does -- she just cheerily admits to being racist, almost without provocation, to a perfect stranger, in a public place, while working as a salesperson, only for her confession to be secretly tapped on the news.
* Brought up in ''Series/TwentyFour'' where a FBI analyst expresses disgust at profiling Muslims in light of terrorist attacks. Jack shuts her down by saying he doesn't like it either, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo but they have no choice.]]
* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', a character accused of stealing because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time is described as having been "lurking" in the area. "Lurking? You mean, 'standing while black'?"
* ''Series/TheWestWing'':
** Spent an entire episode on this, with Bartlett's Supreme Court nominee Roberto Mendoza being arrested for driving drunk--even though he had a liver condition that meant if he drank that much, he'd be ''dead.''
** In the CanonDiscontinuity episode ''Isaac and Ishmael'', a worker at the White House is detained after a security flag runs up against his name. He has a rather heated discussion with Leo about his anger at being subject to racial profiling and Leo telling him that's what you get when you look like the enemy.
* The police officer in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' and its ''Mineral Town'' remakes tends to be distrustful of Won, the token Chinese character. While Won does charge more than the general store for exclusive seeds, he's a completely honest member of the village and doesn't do anything wrong. Considering Won is Chinese and the rest of the town is Japanese/vaguely American/European (depending on the version and region) with the exception of one black character in the original, it’s plausible he just doesn’t like Won for being different.
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* The police officer in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' and its ''Mineral Town'' remakes tends to be distrustful of Won, the token Chinese character. While Won does charge more than the general store for exclusive seeds, he's a completely honest member of the village and doesn't do anything wrong. Considering Won is Chinese and the rest of the town is Japanese/vaguely American/European (depending on the version and region) with the exception of one black character in the original, it’s plausible he just doesn’t like Won for being different.
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* Spoofed in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Willow profiles the school records to determine who might be a werewolf.
-->'''Willow:''' There is one name that keeps getting spit out. Aggressive behavior, run-ins with authorities, about a screenful of violent incidents.
-->'''Buffy:''' Okay, most of those were not my fault. Somebody else started 'em. I was just standing up for myself.
-->'''Willow:''' There is one name that keeps getting spit out. Aggressive behavior, run-ins with authorities, about a screenful of violent incidents.
-->'''Buffy:''' Okay, most of those were not my fault. Somebody else started 'em. I was just standing up for myself.
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* ''Series/LawAndOrder'': In "[[Recap/LawAndOrderS22E15FearAndLoathing Fear and Loathing]]" Shaw gets harassed and nearly shot by two white police officers on the basis that he's black, like a suspect they're seeking, in spite of his protests that he's a detective. The episode's white villain as well weaponized this with false claims of black men being criminals, getting one killed and also a previous man beaten, so this would drive down property prices in areas he (a realtor) wanted to buy up for later profit.
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* ''Film/HigherLearning'': Fudge and his group complain repeatedly of racism toward them from the campus police (who also appear to have just one black member), which is born out by the film since the officers always assume that it's them who caused any issue or ignore white students doing the same thing.
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You can't get through a cop show without running into profiling, it seems. It can make for a VerySpecialEpisode or can be imbued into every element of a piece to shift down the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. Normally treated as definitely A Bad Thing, sometimes its appearance on the work is accompanied by a souring of the mood or a sudden change in view of a character, revealing the subtle bigotry underneath. Conversely, with the NobleBigotWithABadge, it's actually a softer way of definitely showing that they are bigoted, without them doing something so terrible that we can't still view them as noble. Lately, there has been a trend of casting and costuming parts so that it invites the "profile" (gang member, perv, etc.), drawing the audience into profiling and then flipping it as a RedHerring.
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You can't get through a cop show without running into profiling, it seems. It can make for a VerySpecialEpisode or can be imbued into every element of a piece to shift down the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. This trope is also often in play when someone is MistakenForTerrorist, especially if the suspect is Muslim or assumed to be. Normally treated as definitely A Bad Thing, sometimes its appearance on the work is accompanied by a souring of the mood or a sudden change in view of a character, revealing the subtle bigotry underneath. Conversely, with the NobleBigotWithABadge, it's actually a softer way of definitely showing that they are bigoted, without them doing something so terrible that we can't still view them as noble. Lately, there has been a trend of casting and costuming parts so that it invites the "profile" (gang member, perv, etc.), drawing the audience into profiling and then flipping it as a RedHerring.
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* ''Series/DerryGirls'': The gang are brought to a police station to be questioned. The suspicion is justified, seeing as they accidently helped burgle their school. As soon as the police show up, the gang (Catholic teens) immediately starts freaking out because it's the 90s, in the middle of UsefulNotes/TheTroubles, and RUC is known for being prejudiced.
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* ''Series/DerryGirls'': ''Series/DerryGirls'' episode [[Recap/DerryGirlsS3E1 3.01 "The Night Before"]]: The gang are brought to a police station to be questioned. The suspicion is justified, seeing as they accidently helped burgle their school. As soon as the police show up, the gang (Catholic teens) immediately starts start freaking out because it's the 90s, in the middle of UsefulNotes/TheTroubles, and RUC is known for being prejudiced.prejudiced. They're not actually being profiled--[[ItMakesSenseInContext they accidently helped burgle their school]] and it's reasonable that they be questioned--but it's a DiscussedTrope.
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* '''': When a deputy arrives at a trailer park to interview a potential suspect, he asks Riley (who's black) to show her ID despite her mentioning that she lived there. Her mother Courtney quickly starts filming this when she comes outside and chews out the guy as Riley walks away.
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* '''': When a deputy arrives at a trailer park ''Series/DerryGirls'': The gang are brought to interview a potential suspect, he asks Riley (who's black) police station to be questioned. The suspicion is justified, seeing as they accidently helped burgle their school. As soon as the police show her ID despite her mentioning that she lived there. Her mother Courtney quickly up, the gang (Catholic teens) immediately starts filming freaking out because it's the 90s, in the middle of UsefulNotes/TheTroubles, and RUC is known for being prejudiced.
-->'''Erin:''' You're trying to stitch us up, aren't you?
-->'''Inspector:''' Why would I do that?
-->'''Michelle:''' Because we're Fenians.
-->'''Inspector:''' That is a very serious allegation, girls.
-->'''Erin:''' Are you denying that your organisation is prejudiced, Inspector? ''[{{Beat}}]'' For the tape, the inspector is refusing to answer.
-->'''Inspector:''' There is no tape!
-->'''Erin:''' If your organisation isn't prejudiced, Inspector, then you won't mind telling us how many Catholic officers are serving in it at thiswhen she comes outside time.
-->'''Inspector:''' I think we're losing sight of who's questioning who here, girls.
-->'''Erin:''' How many?
-->'''Inspector:''' ''[stammers]'' Well, if you count the Jewish fella from Ballymena, three.
-->'''Erin:''' ''[incredulous]'' In the entire police force, you have ''three'' Catholic officers, andchews out the guy as Riley walks away.one of those officers is a Jew?
-->'''Erin:''' You're trying to stitch us up, aren't you?
-->'''Inspector:''' Why would I do that?
-->'''Michelle:''' Because we're Fenians.
-->'''Inspector:''' That is a very serious allegation, girls.
-->'''Erin:''' Are you denying that your organisation is prejudiced, Inspector? ''[{{Beat}}]'' For the tape, the inspector is refusing to answer.
-->'''Inspector:''' There is no tape!
-->'''Erin:''' If your organisation isn't prejudiced, Inspector, then you won't mind telling us how many Catholic officers are serving in it at this
-->'''Inspector:''' I think we're losing sight of who's questioning who here, girls.
-->'''Erin:''' How many?
-->'''Inspector:''' ''[stammers]'' Well, if you count the Jewish fella from Ballymena, three.
-->'''Erin:''' ''[incredulous]'' In the entire police force, you have ''three'' Catholic officers, and
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Officer Judy Hopps (a bunny) sees Nick Wilde (a fox) acting "suspicious" and enter an ice cream store leading her to follow him inside. Once there, she sees him wanting to buy a jumbo pop for his "son" and she immediately chastises herself for jumping to conclusions. While it does turn out he was running a hustle, her initial evaluation was based primarily on him being a fox. [[spoiler: Her focus on Nick also leads her to ignore a [[ChekhovsGunman sheep whose behavior is objectively a lot more suspicious]].]]
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* Taken to the next level in ''Film/MenInBlack3'' when J, sent back to 1969, gets pulled over for DWB when they spot him driving a big Cadillac he "acquired". After the neuralizer:
* Taken to the next level in ''Film/MenInBlack3'' when J, sent back to 1969, gets pulled over for DWB when they spot him driving a big Cadillac he "acquired". After the neuralizer:
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** A line about DWB (Driving While Black) in ''Film/MenInBlackII'': the car's stoic autopilot decoy "came with a black dude, but he kept getting pulled over".
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** A line about DWB (Driving While Black) in ''Film/MenInBlackII'': the car's stoic autopilot decoy "came with a black dude, but he kept getting pulled over".
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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Parodied in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9U3Gc832Y Amazon Go]]", which spoofs the titular cashierless convenience store chain where payment is automatic and customers can just take what they want and leave. The white customers are all amazed by the technology, while the black customers -- used to being profiled as shoplifters -- are all incredibly suspicious.
-->Alexa! Search "amazon go store black man trap"!
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* This was pretty much the point of the film ''Film/TheSiege'' with Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis and Tony Shalhoub where a series of terrorist atttacks results in New York being put under martial law, habeas corpus being revoked temporarily, all citizens of middle eastern descent being arrested and the use of torture.
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* This was pretty much the point of the film ''Film/TheSiege'' with Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis and Tony Shalhoub where a series of terrorist atttacks attacks results in New York being put under martial law, habeas corpus ''habeas corpus'' being revoked temporarily, all citizens of middle eastern Middle Eastern descent being arrested and the use of torture.
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* There was an episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' where Will and Carlton are driving a very nice car belonging to a friend of Uncle Phil. They get pulled over by the police for driving incredibly slowly, and then arrested with little regard for due process. During all this the writers contrast Will's [[StreetSmart]]s and cynicism with Carlton's [[TheWoobie Woobieish]] optimism in authority figures as he blunders through several actions that a well behaved rich kid can't see the shame in but Will tries to advise him against.
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* There was an episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' where Will and Carlton are driving a very nice car belonging to a friend of Uncle Phil. They get pulled over by the police for driving incredibly slowly, and then arrested with little regard for due process. During all this the writers contrast Will's [[StreetSmart]]s StreetSmarts and cynicism with Carlton's [[TheWoobie Woobieish]] optimism in authority figures as he blunders through several actions that a well behaved rich kid can't see the shame in but Will tries to advise him against.
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* There was an episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' where Will and Carlton are driving a very nice car belonging to a friend of Uncle Phil. They get pulled over by the police for driving incredibly slowly, and then arrested with little regard for due process. During all this the writers contrast Will's [[{{StreetSmart}}s]] [[StreetSmarts]] and cynicism with Carlton's [[TheWoobie Woobieish]] optimism in authority figures as he blunders through several actions that a well behaved rich kid can't see the shame in but Will tries to advise him against.
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** Several of the tie-ins deal with the profiling aspect more explicitly. ''Comicbook/{{Ms Marvel|2014}}'' has a scene where Kamala's sister-in-law, Ayesha, references how the War on Drugs in the 90's resulted in a lot of young African-Americans getting arrested for either minor crimes, or crimes they flat out didn't even commit. Meanwhile, ''[[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Captain America: Sam Wilson]]'' has a {{Flashback}} to early on in Comicbook/TheFalcon's career, where he was arrested during a fight with the Trapster because the cops assumed ''he'' was the supervillain because of his skin color. Iron Man himself explicitly refers to it as 'profiling' in a chat with [[Comicbook/{{Miles Morales}} Ultimate Spider-Man]], who points out that it's a charged word for a black-Hispanic person like himself. Spidey's father draws a parallel to how he himself was arrested on suspicion of drug possession just because he's black.
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** Several of the tie-ins deal with the profiling aspect more explicitly. ''Comicbook/{{Ms Marvel|2014}}'' has a scene where Kamala's sister-in-law, Ayesha, references how the War on Drugs in the 90's resulted in a lot of young African-Americans getting arrested for either minor crimes, or crimes they flat out didn't even commit. Meanwhile, ''[[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Captain America: Sam Wilson]]'' ''Comicbook/CaptainAmericaSamWilson'' has a {{Flashback}} to early on in Comicbook/TheFalcon's career, where he was arrested during a fight with the Trapster because the cops assumed ''he'' was the supervillain because of his skin color. Iron Man himself explicitly refers to it as 'profiling' in a chat with [[Comicbook/{{Miles Morales}} Ultimate Spider-Man]], who points out that it's a charged word for a black-Hispanic person like himself. Spidey's father draws a parallel to how he himself was arrested on suspicion of drug possession just because he's black.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Officer Judy Hopps (a bunny) sees Nick Wilde (a fox) acting "suspicious" and enter an ice cream store leading her to follow him inside. Once there, she sees him wanting to buy a jumbo pop for his "son" and she immediately chastises herself for jumping to conclusions. While it does turn out he was running a hustle, her initial evaluation was based primarily on him being a fox.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Officer Judy Hopps (a bunny) sees Nick Wilde (a fox) acting "suspicious" and enter an ice cream store leading her to follow him inside. Once there, she sees him wanting to buy a jumbo pop for his "son" and she immediately chastises herself for jumping to conclusions. While it does turn out he was running a hustle, her initial evaluation was based primarily on him being a fox. [[spoiler: Her focus on Nick also leads her to ignore a [[ChekhovsGunman sheep whose behavior is objectively a lot more suspicious]].]]
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* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldierEpisode'': Sam and Bucky are in a heated argument walking down the street in Baltimore when confronted by the police who clearly assume Sam is the danger for being black. Ironically, after they realize Sam is the Falcon, they end up arresting Bucky for missing his court mandated therapy session.
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* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldierEpisode'': ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': Sam and Bucky are in a heated argument walking down the street in Baltimore when confronted by the police who clearly assume Sam is the danger for being black. Ironically, after they realize Sam is the Falcon, they end up arresting Bucky for missing his court mandated therapy session.
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* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldierEpisode'': Sam and Bucky are in a heated argument walking down the street in Baltimore when confronted by the police who clearly assume Sam is the danger for being black. Ironically, after they realize Sam is the Falcon, they end up arresting Bucky for missing his court mandated therapy session.
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:: Several of the tie-ins deal with the profiling aspect more explicitly. ''Comicbook/{{Ms Marvel|2014}}'' has a scene where Kamala's sister-in-law, Ayesha, references how the War on Drugs in the 90's resulted in a lot of young African-Americans getting arrested for either minor crimes, or crimes they flat out didn't even commit. Meanwhile, ''[[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Captain America: Sam Wilson]]'' has a {{Flashback}} to early on in Comicbook/TheFalcon's career, where he was arrested during a fight with the Trapster because the cops assumed ''he'' was the supervillain because of his skin color. Iron Man himself explicitly refers to it as 'profiling' in a chat with [[Comicbook/{{Miles Morales}} Ultimate Spider-Man]], who points out that it's a charged word for a black-Hispanic person like himself. Spidey's father draws a parallel to how he himself was arrested on suspicion of drug possession just because he's black.
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'''Cop''': Officer down. (''[[WoundedGazelleGambit collapses into the road]]'')
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'''Cop''': Officer down. (''[[WoundedGazelleGambit collapses into the road]]'')road]], with three more cars pulling up shortly after'')
