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The term racial profiling first emerged in the 1990's along with the term “DWB” which is otherwise known as Driving While Black. This term was used in reference to police stopping more and more African Americans than anyone else because they believed that blacks were more likely to be involved in a criminal activity. Black men in Florida make up only five percent of the drivers that travel along the roads. However, out of every hundred stops involved with a search, seventy-five are black or Hispanic drivers. In August of 2003 the national incarceration number was 171,562 prisoners. There were a rounded number of 160,000 males. Fifty six percent(56%) of them white, and forty one percent (41%) of them were black. According to the National census, eighty one percent (81%) of the American population are white, and only twelve point seven (12.7%) percent African American. The main argument brought by racial profiling against blacks is wether