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41 Osgoode Hall L.J. 293 (2003)
No Exit: Racial Profiling and Canada's War against Terrorism

handle is hein.journals/ohlj41 and id is 301 raw text is: NO EXIT: RACIAL PROFILING AND CANADA'S WAR AGAINST TERRORISM© BY REEM BAHDI' After September 11, 2001, some scholars and policy-makers promoted the racial profiling of Arabs and Muslims as a means towards greater national security. While racial profiling has not been officially sanctioned in Canada, it attracts popular support and undeniably takes place. The first part of this article identifies three different categories of racial profiling in the context of Canada's War against Terrorism. The second part identifies the problems associated with racial profiling. It argues that racial profiling undermines national security while also heightening the vulnerability and exclusion of Arabs, Muslims, and other racialized groups in Canada. Apr/s le 11 septembre 2001, certains universitaires et faiseurs de politiques ont encourage Ic profilage racial des Arabes et des musulmans commev6hicule d'une plus grande sicuritE nationale. Tandis que le profilage racial n'a pas 6td officiellement sanctionn6 au Canada, il b~n6ficie du soutien populaire et s'exerce ind6niablement. La premiere partie de cet article identifie trois categories distinctes de profilage racial dans le contexte de la guerre du Canada Contre le Terrorisme. La deuxi~me partie identifie les problimes associds au profilage racial. L'auteur y affirme que le profilage racial mine la s~curit6 nationale tout en exacerbant la vuln6rabilit6 et l'exclusion des Arabes, des musulmans, et des autres groupes raciaux au Canada. I. INTRODUCTION ................................................ 294 A. Racial Profiling and the War against Terrorism ...................... 294 II. LEGISLATING THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM AND RACIAL PR O FILIN G ..................................................... 298 A. Measures Aimed at the Arab and Muslim Communities in General ...... 298 B. Specific Measures: Freezing Assets of Arabs and Muslims .............. 300 C. Neutral Provisions: Giving Names To Foreign Governments ............ 303 III. PROBLEMS WITH RACIAL PROFILING .......................... 304 A. Racial Profiling and Pre-9/11 Images of Arabs and Muslims ............ 304 B. Racial Profiling is Overinclusive or Generates False Positives ........... 309 C. Racial Profiling Is Underinclusive or Generates False Negatives ......... 313 IV. RACIAL PROFILING AND RACISM .............................. 314 V. CONCLU SION .................................................. 317 a 2003, R. Bahdi. Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Windsor. Her main areas of research include access to justice, international law, and feminist legal theory. She will be a visiting research scholar at the University of Michigan in 2003 where her work will focus on Security Council Resolution 1325. The author would like to thank Paulette Pommels for her outstanding research assistance and helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article.

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