This takes place when you have civilized humans. Have you experienced the phenomenon of a “minority group member” walking into your space and expecting you to move?
The study is faulty if it doesn’t take into consideration people who think they are superior.
I don’t move.
I don't care what they look like or what ethnic persuasion they claim. If it is reasonable to step aside I'll do so, and usually acknowledge the presence of the other individual with a look, a nod, an "excuse me" or a greeting. If they have an easy course change available to them, I'll stay put. But if certain types of individual are involved I'll go into defensive alert status, to avoid becoming the latest "knockout' victim.
Money was used to fund this crap of a “study”? Who in the world needs this bloviated information?
(I guess the free-fall of the Republic continues at a hastening pace.)
It gets worse when you’re dealing with an 80 year-old pushing a shopping cart through the Harris Teeter the day before a snow storm...