{"product_id":"driving-while-black-kenneth-meeks-9780767905497","title":"Driving While Black: Highways, Shopping Malls, Taxi Cabs, Sidewalks: How to Fight Back if You Are a Victim of Racial Profiling","description":"A practical handbook for people who want to be safe and do something. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRacial 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--\u003cb\u003eDriving While Black\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA book written to save lives, \u003cb\u003eDriving While Black\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Meeks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0767905490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780767905497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2000 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2000 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2000 pg. 1707\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2000 pg. 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2000 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2000 pg. 170","brand":"Kenneth Meeks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981198819583,"sku":"9780767905497","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01ac53c1-fc38-44cd-a6da-1e490e0a3ae1.jpg?v=1683254198","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/driving-while-black-kenneth-meeks-9780767905497","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}