I remember a George Carlin line from one of his stand up routines about 10 years ago - "The 'security' we see in airports is there for only one reason: to make white people feel safe". How true.
Yes....that's all it is....except, I'd say, it's just making "stupid" white people feel safe. I don't feel safe, at all, and neither do those who know how to read and use their brains. : )