Being afraid of someone because of the color of his skin is stupid. The general appearance and demeanor are more important. Would you be afraid of someone who is acting like a street thug, or someone who is studying math in a library? We don’t care about what your skin looks like. We care about your behavior. When you do what is necessary to eliminate the association in most peoples’ minds of black and dangerous, you won’t have any more problems.
Saturday morning I was going to go to the drive-in ATM near our house. It was early and there wasn’t much traffic but I saw a group of black teenagers hanging out next to it so I drove on. I guess I’m guilty of profiling but better safe than sorry.