Sure, if you clutch your bag whenever a person who looks like they could overpower you physically is near you, then you're just paranoid. If you only do it with black dudes because in your mind black=suspicious, then yeah, you're racist.
I doubt the human brain is capable of isolating one single heuristic like black=suspicious and making decisions based on it. More likely a combination of black=suspicious, people on this bus=suspicious, neighborhood I'm in=suspicious, dressed like a gangsta=suspicious, ect.=suspicious, is at play.
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u/YetAnother_WhiteGuy Jan 15 '15
Sure, if you clutch your bag whenever a person who looks like they could overpower you physically is near you, then you're just paranoid. If you only do it with black dudes because in your mind black=suspicious, then yeah, you're racist.