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Racial profiling of runners of color
Running while Black is a
sardonic description of
racial profiling experienced by Black
runners in the United States
[1] and Canada.
[2]
In the United States,
jogging gained popularity after
World War II , and has largely been portrayed by American media as an activity typically engaged in by white people; joggers
of color are treated with suspicion.
[3] Black runners report taking precautions such as wearing bright colors to appear non-threatening, avoiding running outside of daylight hours, running in groups for safety, and avoiding running fast enough to appear to be "running away from something."
[4]
In 2021, Lyndsey Hornbuckle found that the issue was particularly common when Black people were running in white neighborhoods, and especially higher socioeconomic white neighborhoods.
[5]
Sonia Sanchez 's 1968 play
The Bronx is Next includes a scene in which a white police officer arrests a Black person for running while Black.
[6] The 2001
US Supreme Court case
Illinois v. Wardlow , which upheld the legality of a police search of a person based on the person running from police, has been described by civil libertarians as creating a new criminal offense of "running while black."
[7]
[8] Examples of racial incidents due to "running while Black" also include the 2015
death of Freddie Gray in
Baltimore ,
[9]
[10]
[11] the 2015 arrest of
Jimmy Thoronka in
London ,
[12] a 2019 incident in
Vancouver , Canada,
[13] and the 2020
murder of Ahmaud Arbery in
Georgia , U.S.
[14]
[15]
[16]
[17]
See also
References
^ Streeter, Kurt (18 May 2020).
"Running While Black: Our Readers Respond" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 14 July 2020 .
^
"Sprinter Sam Effah on running while Black" . Canadian Running Magazine . 5 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020 .
^ Demby, Gene; Michael, Nick (18 July 2020).
"VIDEO: How Running's White Origins Led To The Dangers Of 'Running While Black' " . NPR . Retrieved 19 July 2020 .
^ Karimi, Faith (27 February 2021).
"For Black runners, every stride comes with a fear they can't outrun" . CNN . Retrieved 17 July 2021 .
^ Hornbuckle, Lyndsey (1 June 2021).
"Running while Black: A distinctive safety concern and barrier to exercise in White neighborhoods" . Preventive Medicine Reports . 22 : 101378.
doi :
10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101378 .
ISSN
2211-3355 .
PMC
8105660 .
PMID
33996391 .
^ La Donna Forsgren (2018). "Chapter 3. 'Armed Prophet': Sonia Sanchez and the Weapon of Words." In Search of Our Warrior Mothers: Women Dramatists of the Black Arts Movement .
Northwestern University Press .
ISBN
9780810136953 .
^ Vaughans, Kirkland C.; Spielberg, Warren (30 June 2014).
The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents [2 volumes] .
ABC-CLIO . p. 342.
ISBN
978-0-313-38199-7 .
^ Engel, Robin S. (15 March 2010).
Race, Ethnicity, and Policing: New and Essential Readings .
NYU Press . p. 153.
ISBN
978-0-8147-7616-2 .
^ Stolberg, Sheryl Gay; Nixon, Ron (22 April 2015).
"Freddie Gray in Baltimore: Another City, Another Death in the Public Eye" . The New York Times .
^
"Justice Dept. Opens Baltimore police probe; 1K protest" .
Associated Press . 22 April 2015.
^ Alexander, Keith L. (25 July 2015).
"Representing Freddie Gray's family: A venerable lawyer in cases involving race, police and death" . Washington Post .
ISSN
0190-8286 . Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^
"From top sprinter to homeless in London – what happened next to Jimmy Thoronka?" . The Guardian . 19 May 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^
"Running while black: Vancouver police say no racial profiling in stopping man rushing to SkyTrain station" . 11 June 2019.
^ Futterman, Matthew; Minsberg, Talya (8 May 2020).
"After a Killing, 'Running While Black' Stirs Even More Anxiety" . The New York Times .
^
"Running While Black: Ahmaud Arbery's Death Highlights Shared Fears Of Racial Profiling" . www.wbur.org . 11 May 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020 .
^ Beauchamp, Zack (8 May 2020).
"Ahmaud Arbery and the dangers of running while black" . Vox . Retrieved 14 July 2020 .
^
" 'Why is this black guy running?': After Ahmaud Arbery's killing, African Americans reconsider fitness routines" . NBC News . 15 May 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020 .
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