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by aglavine 2737 days ago
It is quite different being racist and being concerned about safety.
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I strongly suspect that the vast majority of racists, deep deep inside, are just worried about safety.
Yes but on Ring neighbors for example, it seems most of the “concerns” are just people walking up to the door while having pigment in their skin. Usually it’s obvious they’re doing door to door sales or the like, but the comments imply something is amiss.
I don't know.

I tend to avoid such generalizations. I lived in an unsafe neighborhood and saw people do what they can to improve their situation, with poor if any help from government. Call them racist seems unfair and totally misunderstanding their problem.

>Usually it’s obvious they’re doing door to door sales or

This is a common tactic to identify if someone is home or not and to look for packages to grab, if not an attempt to social engineering credit card or checking info.