In 2000, Kenneth Meeks wrote a book called Driving While Black: What To Do If You Are A Victim Of Racial Profiling. In this book, he talks about being black and your rights during a traffic stop, how to ride a train while black, shop in a group while black, shop alone while black, flying while black, living while black and so on. Thoughts like this further the divide stating that if you are black then you need to do things differently. This book defines racial profiling as “the tactic of stopping someone only because the color of their skin and a fleeting suspicion that the person is engaging in criminal behavior.” In one chapter called “When profiling works: A different Point of view” Meeks states that when white people are hanging around in pronominally black neighborhoods possibly for drug activity they stick out making them an easy target for police. This profiling is considered good police work when used against whites. (Meeks, 2000) “Racial profiling and high discretion police tactics impose substantial costs on innocent citizens of color, who as a result must bear the burden of public humiliation and personal degradation at a level unimaginable to
In 2000, Kenneth Meeks wrote a book called Driving While Black: What To Do If You Are A Victim Of Racial Profiling. In this book, he talks about being black and your rights during a traffic stop, how to ride a train while black, shop in a group while black, shop alone while black, flying while black, living while black and so on. Thoughts like this further the divide stating that if you are black then you need to do things differently. This book defines racial profiling as “the tactic of stopping someone only because the color of their skin and a fleeting suspicion that the person is engaging in criminal behavior.” In one chapter called “When profiling works: A different Point of view” Meeks states that when white people are hanging around in pronominally black neighborhoods possibly for drug activity they stick out making them an easy target for police. This profiling is considered good police work when used against whites. (Meeks, 2000) “Racial profiling and high discretion police tactics impose substantial costs on innocent citizens of color, who as a result must bear the burden of public humiliation and personal degradation at a level unimaginable to