There are many factors that can affect a person's reasoning regarding racial and ethnic profiling during a time of war. One of these factors includes difference of race, the driving force behind an argument that, in the post 9-11 environment, usually occurs between people of European decent and people of Middle Eastern decent. Another factor that can create altercations among citizens is the country's diversity of religious beliefs, many of which preach against other religions. Because of these and other factors, Americans have taken various positions regarding racial and ethnic profiling: they have been angered by it, they have embraced it, or they have taken the dangerous position of indifference.
             To begin with, the large majority of America's populace that has been angered by the government's adoption of racial and ethnic profiling as a security measure consists of Muslim-Americans and people of Middle Eastern decent. Muslims feel that they have been wrongly discriminated against, saying that their religion promotes peace and that the government is falsely accusing them of being terrorists. Of course, Muslims are not the only people that are angry with the government for employing racial and ethnic profiling as a security measure. Liberal activists, who feel they owe Muslim-Americans a helping hand, are also speaking out against the government. They believe that the authorities are have overstepped their boundaries and that no one will be safe from the prying eyes of Big Brother.
             However, there is also a large group of Americans that supports the use of profiling to protect their country. In their opinion, it is worth violating the dignity of a group of people in order to positively affect the greater good: the American people. This approach may seem cruel and unethical; but in many patriots' world, profiling is necessary to completely ensure the country's safety during this time of war. Though this ...