Well, it certainly doesn't help any!
:)
Actually hoodlum comes from the old English. Why do you think they called Robin Hood by that name. It was actually,”Robin, the hood”, short for hoodlum. He was a real character, and so were the other “hoods” who ran with him. Hoodlum is definitely not racist. Only a racist would scream that it is.
Well, it certainly doesn't help any!
:)