article_snippet.sent: The Transportation Security Administration will 'enhance' officer training for hair pat-downs after  complaints that African-American women  were being racially targeted for unnecessary screenings.
article_snippet.sent: The Transportation Security Administration will 'enhance' officer training for hair pat-downs after complaints that African-American women were being racially targeted for unnecessary screenings (file photo)
article_snippet.sent: The humiliating experience on countless black women who are routinely targeted for hair pat-downs because countless black women who are routinely targeted for hair pat-downs hair is "different" is not only wrong, but also a great misuse of The Transportation Security Administration agents' time and resources,' Novella Coleman, Singleton's ACLU attorney, said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: In a letter sent to Coleman, The Transportation Security Administration said the re-training will stress 'race neutrality', and that a special emphasis will be placed on the 'hair patdowns of African-American female travelers'.
article_snippet.sent: The Transportation Security Administration said Los Angeles International Airport, one of the airports named in the complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union will also track of pat-down complaints filed by African-American women throughout the country to 'assess whether a discriminatory impact may be occurring at a specific' airport, according to the letter posted by Buzzfeed.
article_snippet.sent: This is not the first time The Transportation Security Administration's pat-down policy has come under harsh light.
article_snippet.sent: Not only is racial profiling prohibited under DHS and agency policy, but it is also an ineffective security tactic.'
highlights_snippet.sent: TSA also told ACLU the new training will stress 'race neutrality' and will  emphasize 'hair pat-downs of African-American female travelers'
  Agency said ACLU will also track down pat-down complaints filed by African-American women to assess if discrimination is occurring at specific airports .
  