In light of escalating racial tension around the country, the Obama administration on Monday issued new federal guidelines for racial profiling.
Profiling is the use of personal characteristics or behavior traits to make generalizations about a person.
The new guidelines prohibit profiling based on religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity. These guidelines apply to federal officers, such as the FBI and Secret Service, but they do not apply to screeners at airports or border check points.
Attorney General Eric Holder began working on racial profiling limits in 2009, but ran into opposition from the FBI. The new guidelines replace the ones adopted by the Bush administration in 2003.
And that brings us to our question this week. Have you ever felt like you were singled out or treated differently due to your race or gender? Or have you seen it happen to someone you know?