The term racial profiling is of rather recent origin. It is usually confined to discussions of the policing of racially diverse communities ... However, our use of this term is broader and deeper; it includes the various discourses that are articulated by the police, governments, and other authorities, and by the media, in their efforts to rationalize and justify racialized behaviours and practices ... Our approach to the issue and practice of racial profiling is to deconstruct the hegemonic force that shapes the lives of Black people and other minoritized communities by identifying the markers of meaning that underlie the everyday text, talk, and actions of the policing community and other White elites, including politicians and journalists.