I don't think most people I know draw their social cues from skin color but rather context. As an example, I would feel no fear and gladly walk into an African American church service where I was the only white man in the room with hundreds of Africans Americans around me. See link below:
On the other hand, walking by a group of gang members with a hostile look in their eyes would make me nervous whether they were African American, Hispanic, or white skinheads.
Context is everything. You frequently write about the "cues" you experience from hostile individuals.
I ran a large home health agency with 300 locations around the country including one in South Chicago. I was making plans to visit the office, when the African American office manager called me and said he should meet me and escort me to the office. He said it was not safe for a white person to come to the office unescorted, but with me at his side , no one would bother us. He used a different word than "bother".
So why was he "warning" me? What was he saying I should be afraid of? What was going to make me a target... my skin color? Clearly, the context of a white person walking in a poor inner city African American neighborhood suggests I need to be careful because of my skin color.
I have a similar experiences where African American friends have told me not to go into an African American neighborhood at night. When I lived in the South, one of the best BBQ places was right in the worst part of Phenix City, AL I was warned not to go there at night as a white man, in fact it would be better if I only went there during daylight hours. So what were they saying about my skin color?
You seem to think you understand white people, but so much of what you say "stereotypes" white people something you complain that white people do. You are guilty of the exact thing, you accuse others of.
Some white people are racist. Some African Americans are racist. But most people draw "cues" from those around them. Regarding groups, most people are aware, that a hostile individual generally poses less of a threat than a group of hostile individuals. That is simply a fact among humans or any other species that operate as "packs", gangs, or "groups". In fact, aggression levels are often elevated by group behavior. I find it sad, when I am the target of aggression simply because my skin color is white, just as you do. In some respects, your whole article is a micro aggression against whites, because you stereotype. The quote reflects this belief, that "all white people are the same".
"I think this reveals a lot of information about how white people are socialized."
Would you feel offended if I wrote an article about how "all African Americans" socialize?
