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The phrase "driving while black" has been used in both the public and private discourse relating to the racial profiling of black motorists. [1] The term rose to prominence during the 1990s, when it was brought to public knowledge that American police officers were intentionally targeting racial minorities to curb the trafficking of drugs. [ 3 ]
Racial profiling in retail was prominent enough in 2001 that psychology researchers such as Jerome D. Williams coined the term "shopping while black", which describes the experience of being denied service or given poor service because one is black. Commonly, "shopping while black" involves, but is not limited to, a black or non-white customer ...
The most recent statistics from the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford in 2019 show that people born outside of the UK made up 14% of the UK's population or 9.5 million people. Black Britons make up 3% of the population and Indian Britons occupy 2.3% of the population with the remainder being largely EU or North American migrants ...
Black drivers were 61 percent more likely to hear words such as “dude” and “bro” and “hands on the wheel” during traffic stops. 'Cars into caskets': New study confirms police bias ...
A 30-second video of a routine traffic stop that ended with Rochester police smashing in a Black man’s car window was enough to rattle Mike Johnson.
According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics special report released in 2022, Black people and Hispanic people were more likely than white people to experience the threat or use of force in 2020.
Driving While Black is a 2015 American black comedy film directed by Paul Sapiano, starring Dominique Purdy. [1] Inspired by the real-life experiences of Purdy, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sapiano, the film tells the story of a Black man who has to deal with racial profiling in Los Angeles, California. [1]
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