Which is one reason this black man wears a cowboy hat every time I step out of the house.
Having heard old family stories going back through Reconstruction, the Civil War and even to before the Revolution, it’s safe to say that freaked out, scared, angry people are capable of some very ugly things, and being notably “different” in times of chaos can attract the wrong attention. We’ve been on both sides of that equation. Choose your friends and associates wisely, endeavor to belong. Your life depends upon it at times. Some believe such a time is looming. I don’t honestly know about that, but it doesn’t look good.