Driving While Black

A practical handbook for people who want to be safe and do something.. Racial profiling does happen. And while cases where victims find themselves looking down the barrel of a policeman's gun make the six o'clock news dozens of less extreme yet troubling examples occur every day. Cabs that whiz by only to be seen stopping for safer-looking people just up the block; being asked for multiple pieces of identification when making purchases with credit cards; being followed around a department store by salespeople and security while never being asked if they need any assistance; being detained for hours and extensively searched in an airport or train station--Driving While Black clearly defines the system officially known as CARD (class age race dress) and offers advice about how to handle potentially life-threatening situations with the police as well as recourse for readers who suspect their civil rights have been denied due to racial profiling.. A book written to save lives Driving While Black is not just for people of color but for anyone who likes to wear a baseball cap baggy jeans sneakers and a tee shirt and finds they are often treated like a suspect.