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It is just a fact that people of color are no more likely to use drugs than whites. Of course, there are places one can go to find people of color engaged in drug activity, but open markets are a socioeconomic phenomena that isn't defined by race alone. In low-income communities, crime takes place in the open because many people don't have private spaces.

Obviously, simply searching and arresting young black and Hispanic men for drugs doesn't prove that young black and Hispanic men are more likely to have drugs. Think about this: if the police in your area believe, as you do, that most of the drug users in the area are black, who will they be watching? Who will they stop? Who will they be asking for permission to search? Paying more attention to black men ensures that you'll be arresting more black men, and so the cycle continues with each new arrest further justifying the profile.

If you had to walk past a cop with drugs in your pocket, would you rather be white or black?