Monica Gray, CEO of the YWCA National Capital Area, said women — and even young girls — can be victims of racial profiling.
She recounted a personal experience with middle school girls she worked with on a humanitarian effort to get food to the homeless in D.C. All of them were wearing bright, pink shirts as they distributed food…
She said police also told her that the changing demographics in the District have made these type of calls more frequent. Gray said the issue of “implicit bias” — where people make an assumption about what is taking place — happens all the time to people of color….