英语词汇“driving while black”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. colloquial (chiefly U.S., originally in African-American usage). driving while black (sometimes also brown): the operating of a motor vehicle by a black person (or sometimes a member of another ethnic minority group), referred to ironically as an offence, with reference to the disproportionate number of black or ethnic minority drivers stopped by police, apparently for reasons of racial bias rather than infringement of traffic regulations.Also abbreviated, see DWB n. [Ironic alteration of driving while intoxicated at Phrases 1.]

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1990 N.Y. Times 21 May b4/1 We get arrested for D.W.B... You know, driving while black.

1996 Sports Illustr. 10 June 69/2 As the white policeman kept asking questions that night, he began to feel he was being stopped for the infraction referred to by some African-Americans as DWB—Driving While Black.

1999 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 2 May c1 ‘We've had some problems with Hispanics being targeted by police—“driving while brown”,’ she said.

2002 Barron's 18 Mar. 43/2 Creating a national ID-card system would mean that many people now unjustly subjected to discrimination and harassment—people ‘driving while black’, or ‘flying while Arab’—would be empowered with a quick and easy means of giving a good account of themselves.

单词	driving while black
释义	> as lemmas driving while black (sometimes also brown) P2. colloquial (chiefly U.S., originally in African-American usage). driving while black (sometimes also brown): the operating of a motor vehicle by a black person (or sometimes a member of another ethnic minority group), referred to ironically as an offence, with reference to the disproportionate number of black or ethnic minority drivers stopped by police, apparently for reasons of racial bias rather than infringement of traffic regulations.Also abbreviated, see DWB n. [Ironic alteration of driving while intoxicated at Phrases 1.] ΚΠ 1990 N.Y. Times 21 May b4/1 We get arrested for D.W.B... You know, driving while black. 1996 Sports Illustr. 10 June 69/2 As the white policeman kept asking questions that night, he began to feel he was being stopped for the infraction referred to by some African-Americans as DWB—Driving While Black. 1999 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 2 May c1 ‘We've had some problems with Hispanics being targeted by police—“driving while brown”,’ she said. 2002 Barron's 18 Mar. 43/2 Creating a national ID-card system would mean that many people now unjustly subjected to discrimination and harassment—people ‘driving while black’, or ‘flying while Arab’—would be empowered with a quick and easy means of giving a good account of themselves. extracted from drivingn. < as lemmas
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