driving while black

English

Alternative forms

• DWB (initialism)

Etymology

A play on driving while intoxicated.

Noun

driving while black (uncountable)

1. Used as a facetious reason why black drivers are stopped by police more often than white drivers.
   • [1995, Paul C. Rosenblatt, Terri A. Karis, Richard D. Powell, Multiracial Couples: Black and White Voices (Understanding Families)‎^[1], SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 147:

     jill We [Jill and her husband James] call it, "Driving While Black." We have a . . . nice car. So we got pulled over for a DWB. . . .]

See also

• racial profiling
• lookism
• facial discrimination