[ken5050]

OK..I'll accept that..

[investigateworld]

When involved in this kind of thing, always call the police. The old saying is: He who ringth the bell first, same alway be in the right.

[wideawake]

There is a rationale to noting race, though.

I think most white people think they have a better chance of defusing the situation if their interlocutor is white, and most black people probably think they have a better chance of defusing the situation if their interlocutor is black.

A black guy probably would not like to think that he was backing down to or folding in the face of a white guy in a confrontation. It's an understandable feeling, and I think it leads to escalation of these kinds of things.