driving while black

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English

Etymology

A jocular play on driving while intoxicated.

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Noun

driving while black (uncountable)

  1. (US, sarcastic) A fictitious criminal offense, said to be committed when a traffic stop is motivated by a police officer's racial bias against a black motorist, rather than any actual violation of law.
    Synonym: (initialism) DWB
    I was pulled over for driving while black yesterday. That idiot cop spent 20 minutes asking me a bunch of crap.
    • , SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 147:
      jill We call it, "Driving While Black." We have a . . . nice car. So we got pulled over for a DWB. . . .]

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