Racial profiling has long been controversial, especially among minority groups. Two events that heightened debates around racial profiling in the US were 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. 9/11 increased profiling of Middle Eastern and Muslim individuals and communities. Hurricane Katrina exposed the racial inequalities still present in America when predominantly Black neighborhoods were left to suffer due to the slow government response. Both events laid bare the racial tensions and differing perspectives that exist in discussions around race in the US.