it's plain and simple. some people have their minds made up about a black person before he/she speaks. media has taught us that the black man is a robber, thief, racist, drug-addict, murderer. actually statistically, white boys commit MORE crimes than young black boys, are more prone to drug use, drug-related and violent crimes. however, they're less likely to be imprisoned for those crimes (even though they commit more) than young black boys. turn on the news and who's the criminal? often a black person. it's easy for someone who hasn't experienced or doesn't feel racist to deny that it exists, but facts prove that it's alive, well, and kicking (google hate crime statistics). the fact that he once WAS affiliated with muslim actually scares people. i was on another forum where damn-near the entire thread insists that the entire religion of muslim is based on the violent, terrorist acts of a few. once again, thank the media for this that IGNORES the 76% of the world's serial killers live in the US, and are most often young white males. we simply have a tendency to see the worst in other races, while often ignoring the worst of our own. i'm not slamming anybody else, but blacks represent the largest number of prisoners, even though in most areas we commit less crimes.