It’s Friday night around 10 o’clock. You decide to go hang out with a few friends just to take your mind off the madness of the past week of classes.You’re driving on the interstate to elude the traffic of the city, and to show off your new Lexus. Suddenly, you see blue flashes behind you. Immediately you check your speed. You’re going about three or four miles over the speed limit, and you’re wearing your seat belt. So you wonder what could it be, wha have you done?You pull over, and the policeman says that it seems as if your registration has expired. The question that comes to mind is how could he have seen your registration if he’s behind you. Regardless, you cooperate. You show him your license, your vehicle registration, and your insurance card. As he takes your things, he asks you to step out of the car. You simply ask why. He says, “Just step out of the car.”Still being cooperative, you step out of the car, and he then proceeds to search your car.. After a 10- to 15-minute search of the inside of your car and the trunk, he gives you your items back, and says, “have a nice night.”Anger fills as you get back in your car. In disbelief you just sit there and ask yourself what in the world just happened. You’ve simply been a victim of DWB (Driving While Black).So what do you do?Complaining to the police department does no good. All you can do is, nothing.Too often black college students are the victims of DWB, and it has gone on far too long. So what if you drive a brand-new vehicle and you felt the need to tint your windows? So what if you like to play your music loud? So what if you are black?Racial profiling, a new phenom, refers to the harassment of people of color whether it be for an alleged traffic violation, or the suspicion that there is an illegal substance in the car. It’s not just with college students but everyone of color. College students just seem to be an easy target. Though North Carolina is one of the leading states in trying to put a stop to the harassment of others by law enforcement, the problem seems to be growing steadily. Senate Bill 76 was passed earlier this year stating that all law enforcement officials are to fill out a report once they make a stop or an arrest. The information in the report should include why the person or persons were stopped, their race, gender and how the person or persons responded in the action taken.But it would be foolish of me to just say that blacks are the only minority group that police profile. A recent example is the case of the Los Alamos nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee, who was just recently released from prison after nine months for being a so-called “being a threat to national security.” But his case goes much deeper than that. The judge of the case called it a national embarrassment and gave Lee an apology. But is an apology enough? Is it okay to say sorry and then move on? No, It’s not.It’s not okay for you to brand me as a piece of meat and just do with me as you please. It’s not okay for you to misuse your authority, not power, but authority, to try to belittle my character. It’s not okay for you to take advantage of the system that is established to SUPPOSEDLY protect me.So what do you do if you’re ever a victim of DWB or any type of racial discrimination?Cooperate. Simply cooperate.Arguing or fighting it will only make matters worse, and could possibly make a bad situation into a horrible one. We learn by example, and I think Rodney King was a sad but great example. Should you stop being who you are? No. If law enforcement officials want to waste their time and their money on you let’em. All that says about him or her is that they haven’t learned that there’s more to life than skin color.