I'm wondering if Mary N. Coleman, Ltr to Ed, "Racial profiling has no valid justification", May 7 who spoke of those who are stopped for "driving while black" might have some advice for black New York cab drivers who refuse to pick up black fares for fear of being robbed or killed based on their experience in the business; clearly a case of the "driving while black" cab drivers resorting to the same protective profiling tactics that police are accused of using in an effort to protect the public. Could it be that humans, based on their life experiences acquire a subconscious profiling mechanism that prompts them as to "fight or flight" in conformance with nature's axiom "the fittest shall survive" and basically rely on these learned senses to "profile" that which one perceives a danger? Mary, myself and New York cab drivers use this mechanism just as do our law enforcement personnel. It's called "Human Nature".

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