Racism, Part 2

Now that you have decided I really am stupid for even trying to comment on this topic, let me add a little fuel to the fire.
Trayvon Martin, a young boy walking around a neighborhood at night. Walking in a neighborhood that had been experiencing robberies. Many have said he was shot because he was black. At the very least he was targeted, profiled, because he was black.
I have heard several interviews with black professional people who say no matter what, if you are black, you know you are black. They teach their kids that they must look out for themselves because they will be stereotyped. It is very true that these young people will be stereotyped, and an instant perception will be made. I teach my WHITE sons the same thing.
If you wear a hoodie sweatshirt, low-riding, baggy jeans, and swagger when  you walk, people will think you are a punk. If you wear a sullen expression and talk in terse, short syllables, even mumbling or slurring your words, people will be suspicious of you. If you walk alone at night in neighborhoods that have experienced crime recently, you will be targeted and watched.
It has very little to do with race, and a whole lot to do with ATTITUDE.
Conclusions about you are made quickly and based on little information. Providing positive, character affirming behaviors and attitudes goes a long way to helping yourself stay safe. No matter what color you are.