[Pauls9]

My step-son is half Colombian and, in the summer, can look somewhat Asian. He's in his mid-twenties, well-educated, well-spoken and well-behaved. A couple of years back, he had a job travelling around the country and was often stopped, searched and questioned by police while waiting for his colleagues at train stations. Usually he put up with it, but once he had the temerity to question why and ended up being taken to the local nick in handcuffs and strip searched. It seemed strange that none of this ever happened to his plain English-appearing associates.