Running while Black is asardonic description ofracial profiling experienced by Blackrunners in the United States^[1] and Canada.^[2]In the United States,jogging gained popularity afterWorld War II, and has largely been portrayed by American media as an activity typically engaged in by White people; joggersof 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 playThe Bronx is Next includes a scene in which a White police officer arrests a Black person for running while Black.^[6] The 2000US Supreme Court caseIllinois 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 2015death of Freddie Gray inBaltimore,^[9][10][11] the 2015 arrest ofJimmy Thoronka inLondon,^[12] a 2019 incident inVancouver, Canada,^[13] and the 2020murder of Ahmaud Arbery inGeorgia, U.S.^{[14][15][16][17]}

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• 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".Social Science Research.66:42–57.doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.03.008.ISSN 0049-089X.PMID 28705363.
• Johnson, Demarquin (2018)."Running While Black".Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy:7–10.ProQuest 2187897381.

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