{"id":"walking-while-black","name":"Walking While Black","summary":"\"Walking While Black\" is a pointed phrase describing the racial profiling of Black pedestrians by police or civilians. It borrows its grammar from \"driving while intoxicated,\" and has spawned variants like \"shopping while black\" and \"driving while black\" that resurface every time a high-profile profiling incident goes viral.","tags":["walking while black","driving while black","shopping while black","racial profiling meme","daniele watts","starbucks philadelphia arrest","missydepino"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":3,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/walking-while-black/walking-while-black-walking-while-black-movie-poster.webp","caption":"Promotional poster for the 'Walking While Black' movement, recounting the 2012 detention of A.J. Ali by Howard County police and framing racial profiling as racism, not policing.","width":820,"height":541,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/walking-while-black/walking-while-black-cosplaying-while-black-tumblr.webp","caption":"Screenshot of the 'Cosplaying While Black' Tumblr, an example of the broader 'While Black' meme format highlighting everyday activities racialized for Black people.","width":680,"height":434,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/walking-while-black/walking-while-black-daniele-watts-lapd-detention.webp","caption":"Actress Danièle Watts being detained by LAPD in 2014, an incident widely cited alongside 'walking while black' discussions of racial profiling.","width":640,"height":640,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/walking-while-black/history.md","related":["1998-eye-chart","asians-in-the-library","bbq-becky","golf-cart-gail","race-change-to-another-rcta","race-purity-test","race-swapping","coal-miner-blackface-azcentral-article","every-third-hetero-couple-the-most-racist-man-alive","facial-recognition-software","the-problem-with-apu","black-frieza"],"popularityRank":2921,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}