I am a black woman who wears quilted hoodies (with exterior color-coordinated-but-contrasting elbow patches!!!) on non-coat winter casual days. Coloreds in hoods don't frighten me. I AM THEM. So a bunch of black dudes won't scare me. (Maybe it should.) I will walk thru & say hi.
Low-income looking tatted yt guys? I just might re-route. Take the long way home.
Pro-tip: on not-busy one-way residential streets with shadowy, suspicious-looking sidewalks, I just walk directly down the roadway (where the cars go, NOT ON THE SIDEWALK). Lurkers in the shadows must come out in the open to snatch me. Cars will yield.
--> aq out <--