Racial Profiling - A 2004 study found tremendous disparities in the racial breakdown of traffic stops. Of 341 local agencies, 249 suffered from one or more type of substantial racial disparity. p. 60. Additionally, a program referred to as "behavioral profiling" was piloted at Logan Airport and then instituted in the transit system. As documented in a May 2004 report, the ACLU of Massachusetts, in the media, on the streets, at airports and bus stations, in schools, businesses and other places of employment, Muslims, Middle Easterners and South Asians have been subjected to official and unofficial religious and national origin profiling, slurs, discrimination and hate crimes.

Disparate Rates of Minority Confinement - Youth of color are disproportionately held in juvenile custody. Many are illegally in pre-trial custody, despite the fact that pre-trial detention directly effects recidivism. The facilities are substandard, with poor education and abuse not uncommon. p. 79, 90-92

Disproportionate School Dropout Rates - NCLB has led to high-stakes testing, contributing to failing grades and low graduation rates for Black and Latino students. ESL students are also affected. p. 140-141

Racial Re-Segregation of Public Schools - 2/3 of Black students attend segregated schools, and the number of white students at multiracial schools declined 12%. White parents are challenging in court a race-conscious school transfer plan in Lynn. p. 145

Criminalization of School Discipline - Schools are increasingly relying on law enforcement for non-violent and trivial disciplinary matters. p. 149

Worksite Raids - An ICE raid in New Bedford led to the arrest of 361 workers, mostly women, who stitched armored vests and backpacks for the U.S. military. The workers were held and interviewed at the factory for hours, then taken to a converted military base nearly 100 miles away, and within 48 hours, shipped to remote detention centers thousands of miles away. Many of these workers had small children in daycare or school when the raids took place and who found themselves without parents that evening. p 72-73