Social:Running while Black

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Short description: 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][18][19][20][21][22][excessive citations]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Streeter, Kurt (18 May 2020). "Running While Black: Our Readers Respond" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/sports/running-while-black-ahmaud-arbery.html. 
  2. ↑ "Sprinter Sam Effah on running while Black" (in en-US). 5 June 2020. https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/sprinter-sam-effah-on-running-while-black/. 
  3. ↑ Demby, Gene; Michael, Nick (18 July 2020). "VIDEO: How Running's White Origins Led To The Dangers Of 'Running While Black'" (in en). https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/07/18/891820233/video-how-runnings-white-origins-led-to-the-dangers-of-running-while-black. 
  4. ↑ Karimi, Faith (27 February 2021). "For Black runners, every stride comes with a fear they can't outrun". https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/27/us/black-runners-ahmaud-arbery-death-wellness-trnd/index.html. 
  5. ↑ Hornbuckle, Lyndsey (1 June 2021). "Running while Black: A distinctive safety concern and barrier to exercise in White neighborhoods" (in en). Preventive Medicine Reports 22: 101378. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101378. ISSN 2211-3355. PMID 33996391. 
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Vaughans, Kirkland C.; Spielberg, Warren (30 June 2014) (in en). The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-313-38199-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=ShGJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA342. 
  8. ↑ Engel, Robin S. (15 March 2010) (in en). Race, Ethnicity, and Policing: New and Essential Readings. NYU Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-8147-7616-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=ayEVCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA153. 
  9. ↑ Stolberg, Sheryl Gay; Nixon, Ron (22 April 2015). "Freddie Gray in Baltimore: Another City, Another Death in the Public Eye". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/us/another-mans-death-another-round-of-questions-for-the-police-in-baltimore.html. 
  10. ↑ "Justice Dept. Opens Baltimore police probe; 1K protest". https://apnews.com/article/9152bca98daf422b86d61630e511ccd3. 
  11. ↑ Alexander, Keith L. (25 July 2015). "Representing Freddie Gray's family: A venerable lawyer in cases involving race, police and death" (in en-US). Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/baltimores-joe-louis-of-law/2015/07/25/a2db5bca-20b3-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html. 
  12. ↑ "From top sprinter to homeless in London – what happened next to Jimmy Thoronka?" (in en). 19 May 2018. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/19/sprinter-homeless-london-jimmy-thoronka-sierra-leone. 
  13. ↑ "Running while black: Vancouver police say no racial profiling in stopping man rushing to SkyTrain station". 11 June 2019. https://www.straight.com/news/1253376/running-while-black-vancouver-police-say-no-racial-profiling-stopping-man-rushing. 
  14. ↑ Barnhill, George E .. "Letter from District Attorney to Police Department". https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6916-george-barnhill-letter-to-glyn/b52fa09cdc974b970b79/optimized/full.pdf. 
  15. ↑ Futterman, Matthew; Minsberg, Talya (8 May 2020). "After a Killing, 'Running While Black' Stirs Even More Anxiety". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/sports/Ahmaud-Arbery-running.html. 
  16. ↑ "Running While Black: Ahmaud Arbery's Death Highlights Shared Fears Of Racial Profiling" (in en). https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/05/11/running-while-black-ahmaud-arbery. 
  17. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (8 May 2020). "Ahmaud Arbery and the dangers of running while black" (in en). https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/5/8/21250914/ahmaud-arbery-mcmichael-arrest-black-men-exercise. 
  18. ↑ "Running while Black: A pediatrician reflects on race, racism, and Ahmaud Arbery" (in en-US). 27 May 2020. https://spokesman-recorder.com/2020/05/26/running-while-black-a-pediatrician-reflects-on-race-racism-and-ahmaud-arbery/. 
  19. ↑ "'Why is this black guy running?': After Ahmaud Arbery's killing, African Americans reconsider fitness routines" (in en). https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/why-black-guy-running-after-ahmaud-arbery-s-killing-african-n1208151. 
  20. ↑ Carroll, Rory (9 May 2020). "NFL: Players, coaches call for investigation into killing of Ahmaud Arbery". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-football-nfl-arbery-idUSKBN22L001. 
  21. ↑ "Videos of Ahmaud Arbery roaming vacant home shown to jury" (in en). 2021-11-11. https://www.wcvb.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-livestream/38187650. 
  22. ↑ "Ahmaud Arbery: What you need to know about the case" (in en). 2021-11-28. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52623151. 

Further reading

  • Dragan Milovanovic, Katheryn Russell-Brown (2001). Petit Apartheid in the U.S. Criminal Justice System. Carolina Academic Press. ISBN:9780890899519.
  • Ray, Rashawn (1 August 2017). "Black people don't exercise in my neighborhood: Perceived racial composition and leisure-time physical activity among middle class blacks and whites" (in en). Social Science Research 66: 42–57. doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.03.008. ISSN 0049-089X. PMID 28705363. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0049089X17302764. 
  • Johnson, Demarquin (2018). "Running While Black". Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy: 7–10. ProQuest 2187897381. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2187897381. 





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