Uh, Crush, I think you're showing more of your own insecurities or fears of black people than anyone on this thread.
As a black male, I've experienced both sides of the situation.
I'm light skinned, which some may view as being "safe" black. And yet that hasn't stopped me from being racially profiled and discriminated by those that simply don't care much for any people of color.
Also, you're supposed scenario of how people react when they see a black man dressed "plainly," and dressed, er "not so 'plainly'?"
Here's what I do in both scenarios:
Make eye contact, smile, say "Hello," or "What's up?" or "Hey."
Do you know what they do?
Smile back, say "Hello," "What's up," or "Hey." And then I go on my way.
I mean, WHAT is there to be afraid of? What do you think is going to happen? Why do you think it is going to happen, and why do you feel that each black person you meet is going to somehow harass or harm you? Based on how they dress? How they walk? Talk?
Do you ever think that perhaps approaching someone with that type of suspicion, fear, and apprehension will not inform how people will react to YOU?
Do you think it feels good, and makes black men feel great to have people make assumptions about them just by the way they dress?
Wouldn't that make YOU angry? Maybe just a little insecure and uncomfortable? As a black man, you should totally understand how other people's constant, and almost unceasing negative perceptions of us have caused us to be just a little bit annoyed (with many more than just a bit annoyed, probably in direct proportion to the level of discrimination they receive on a regular basis)?
Blacks are perceived as being violent thugs and gangsters. Many people take that perception with them when they encounter a black person, either for the first time, or when that black person is a stranger.
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