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I go to Nola frequently for work, was there four times last year, most recently in December. I have two comments:
First, no one who lives there, of any race, would be out cycling at that hour.
Second ironically, there is something that reeks of colonialism and white entitlement in her blithe disregard of reality — she’s saying with her actions “ I don’t have to be aware of objective reality; I can do whatever I want whenever I want and not think of the consequences because my status makes me invulnerable.” From a philosophical perspective, she was imposing her own views on another culture, with no regard for that culture, actively negating the social parameters of that culture.

Second ironically, there is something that reeks of colonialism and white entitlement in her blithe disregard of reality

with all due respect, that's a pretty odd deduction.

the folks who killed her got her killed and her naivete put her in their sights

The Onion had a gag "Point-Counterpoint" a few years ago, where they had a college student talking about how wonderful the culture was in an African country. He'd never been there, but quoted one of his professors over and over, talking about the native dances and absence of evil corporations. The counterpoint was from a guy who lived there and was titled, "Get me out of this God forsaken Hell hole." He talked about his family being murdered and rampant starvation.

Another one was titled, "Woman loves Brazil, even though she's only seen 2 1/2 acres of it." This was about a woman who vacationed at a resort, and assumed the amusement park atmosphere was indicative of the rest of Brazil.

It's part of the utter cluelessness of multi-culturalism. The mulit-culturalists assume that everyone is really the same, and that the only difference between the New Orleans street and a college campus is the design of the architecture and the dress of the people.

I first picked this up back in the seventies with Doonesbury. In the strip, Ghetto blacks, Viet Cong and pre-school kids all talked like Ivy League grad students. In one strip a pre-school girl was quoting Simone de Bouviar. I understand it's humor, but in creative works, people unintentionally reveal quite a few things about their belief system. This girl had no clue about how people on the street think.