Racial Profiling as Portrayed in Jason Reynolds and brendan Kiely's All American Boys Novel

The researcher uses note-taking technique as the way to store information in a form that can be remembered and used later. The result of this research shows that racial profiling actions such as stopping, questioning, searching, and arresting are portrayed in the novel and experienced by Rashad Butler, Randolph Butler or Spoony, English Jones, Carlos Greene, and Shannon Pushcart as members of minority. Moreover, the four actions are interconnected and driven by stereotypes and perceptions towards particular race or ethnicity because they play important part in the law enforcement officer’s decision to conduct racial profiling. In conclusion, the most racial profiling action occurred in the novel is arresting which is portrayed 6 times.