Yes, black bears are definitely far less a threat than grizzlies.
I’ve had two (known) encounters: one at 10 feet, and another at 40. The first passed in the opposite direction on a narrow path and the second ran up a tree when my neighbor’s dog barked at them. Two large black bears TOGETHER are typically sister-bears. (There were two bears—I saw only one—and it was BIG).
‘Glad my mini-dachshunds weren’t there. They would have chased after the bears!
Black bears make up for it with numbers. About the same number of people killed by both species.
I suspect far more black bears are killed in defensive shootings, and are never reported, because black bear predatory attacks tend to be hesitant, first testing the new prey to see if it is dangerous...