[Churchmouse]

Originally Posted by Jenamarie

I don't.

I have black friends who run into this assumption a lot (black person = someone who can't be trusted) no matter what side of town they're on.

The post gives the impression that black kid = someone intent on robbing me. I don't care what side of town you're in, just because someone's black and happens to be on the "wrong side" of town, doesn't mean they're out to rob you blind, any more than a white guy with a shaved head is going to burn a cross on your lawn.

Yes the kid was probably being dishonest, but he could just as easily have been a white kid, or a hispanic kid, or an asian kid, etc. Mentioning his race is unnecessary, and comes across as biggoted.

One thing worse than a bigot is someone that labels someone they have never met.