Pretty sure you didn't even read my post. Oh well.
Not sure why you went out of your way to bring Obama into the discussion, or what he has to do with the discussion at hand, but I do find it amusing. Anyway, it isn't buying into any kind of bullshit. I explained a rational reason for feeling distrust toward things you don't understand. I never said I had this kind of distrust, I don't mind hooded kids lingering outside my home, and my handguns are right where they belong and it isn't under my pillow.
Glade to see you feel sorry for people who think differently than yourself. Just as you reason and think the way you do because of the things your life has brought you, so do others. To some people there is no room in life for foolishness, and to others life is nothing but foolishness, and others fit anywhere in between.
The same reason an elderly person may find distrust in young men in hoodies, is the same reason someone might see old people who have such distrust are old and weak. It all comes from a lack of understanding.
I hear stories about black people selling drugs and shooting each other. I guess I should be afraid of black people.
Also, I can understand someone hearing stories of black people shooting each other and selling drug and thus being weary of black people, or believing that many black people exhibit this behavior. I can understand it, note the incredible difference between "understand" and saying someone "should" do something.I never suggested anybody should do or act any certain way in my previous post, all I ever said was that I didn't see that sort of behavior and attitude to be 100% unreasonable. You can just as easily flip this on its head and say that just because some white assholes treat black people badly because they are black, doesn't mean all white people are like this. I certainly don't think darker skinned people should feel that all or most lighter skinned people are going to treat them badly, but I can understand it if they do. Especially if they have been mistreated by a white person or if they keep hearing about whites mistreating blacks on the news. Not saying it would be right, but it would be understandable.