I'll admit, I probably do profile Black men slightly more than I should. I think because I was never granted a factual discuss about Black crime. Meaning [to me] that it's ok to say race disparities in crime exist.
Most violent crime is intra-racial, where the perpetrator and victim are the same race. But nobody could tell me that. Everyone just called me racist instead, and I couldn't get perspective on Black crime.
It may be more random than White crime, but it's still mostly targeted, with people known to the offender being the biggest victims.
What I find odd is - I have always found Indigenous men to be more likely to give me a reason to profile them than Black men. Although it may be that I have not had enough encounters with Black men.
But no...I don't think it's that. I have seen, for instance, Black lawyers who walk, talk, and would make me think they are 100% White if they were in a mask.
Meanwhile, most Indigenous people I meet sort of meet the linguistic stereotype of an Indigenous person - such as "Eh Dere...it's Johnny Mukluk, Dere...can you give me fifty cents to help me buy my next pair of Mukluks, Dere?"
I have yet, as far as I am aware [half White Indigenous people excluded] meet a fully Indigenous person who walks, talks, and acts White, who I would fully confuse the race of, if I couldn't see the person.
Meanwhile, all the data I am aware of would suggest there would be at least as many Indigenous people who are fully integrated, who speak perfect English, have a certain education level, etc.
There's something in both cases that I can't predict from the data.
It's sort of like this:
I profile individuals as individuals and groups as groups. Yes, for one moment, I do assume a Black man will be slightly more trouble. Then when I see he is a prompt, efficient person, I immediately drop all stereotypes.
I only profile until I have enough information on the person to know if they meet the profile or not.
And so far, I have found Black people to be more industrious than I had expected them to be.
But maybe where I am, the ones coming here are for higher education or business. That could be why I see more of them.
Tl;dr
I profile all people, but so far my profile for Black people has not be as accurate as most of my profiling usually is [SAY, for young men in general].
