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seizures, and frisks on the streets, during routine traffic stops, at national borders and in airports. Example: In the aftermath of Sept. 11, law enforcement agents at the federal, state and local levels are permitted to engage in racial profiling to prevent terrorist related activities. Arabs and Muslims, and in many cases, any individual who "appears"to be Arab, Muslim, South Asian or Sikh are vulnerable to unfair treatment at the hands law enforcement who have the dual responsibility to protect communities they work in, while respecting the civil liberties of all those they serve. • Human Trafficking— 1)A form of(targeted)community violence involving kidnapping, forced relocation, and forced labor. 2)The illegal and/or immoral forced relocation of people, typically for the purposes of forced labor and/or commercial sexual exploitation. Example: a) The kidnapping, transport and selling of African people across the Atlantic Ocean (Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade) to be used as free labor in the "New World."b) The kidnaping, transport and selling of women and girls across state lines and international borders (often to be used as sex workers); also referred to as sex trafficking. BIAS, PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPE AND RACISM • Bias-An orientation toward something or someone, this orientation can be positive, negative or neutral; a bias can be informed by a previous experience. In other words, biases can be rational. Example: Any distrust of the U.S. Government that Native American communities have could be considered a rational bias rather than prejudice because there are actual historical and contemporary reasons for indigenous people not to trust the government: desecration of sacred land, genocide, forced relocation, biological warfare, and broken treaties to name a few. • Prejudice-An assumption of knowledge about something or someone not rooted in personal experiences with the particular something or someone in question; prejudice is informed by stereotype rather than experience. Example: A White woman clutching her purse when a person of color gets on the elevator with her could be bias but given the prevalence of racism in US culture is more than likely prejudice. • Stereotype— 1)A trait and/or characteristic assumed to be true of all members of a particular social group. Many American cultural practices and public policies are rooted in racial, gendered and class based stereotypes such as Asians are the model minority; meaning submissive, assimilating, and accommodating (e.g., honorary White people). 2) Stereotypes focus on one aspect of a person's identity to the exclusion of their full humanity. 2019 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT 79