bad stereotyping

Was reading an interesting article on Malcolm Gladwell's (Tipping Point, Blink, New Yorker...) blog (gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom) on racial profiling and stereotyping. He boils it down to this:

"this is what racial prejudice is: it is the irrational elevation of race-based considerations over other, equally or more relevant factors."

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