15 Questions White People Will Never Have to Ask Themselves

Driving while black” is not limited to any one city, but it’s pretty telling that the phenomenon is now being investigated in Missouri.

In a 2013 report by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, the data showed a disproportionate number of police stops in the majority-black suburb of Ferguson. According to the Washington Post, black drivers were stopped in traffic 86% of the time. The picture is also bleak statewide, with black drivers 66% more likely to be stopped than white drivers.

Maybe it really was because of a moving violation, a broken tail light, expired plates or any other number of infractions. But for many blacks and people of color, an encounter with white cops while driving is oftentimes simply a question of being seen as an outsider. “What are you doing here?” becomes a de facto referendum on whether or not someone who’s a minority has any good reason to travel through white or affluent areas, with the underlying assumption that it’s to commit a crime. 

Even pedestrians get stopped for “walking while black” — a reality known all too well for a black TV producer who was confronted, cuffed and forced to sit on a sidewalk on Aug. 22, because he “matched the clothing and physical characteristics” of a robbery suspect. As the Los Angeles Times reported, Charles Belk was in the area to attend a pre-Emmy Awards party, only to be detained for six hours after leaving a restaurant. 

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