...than be perceived as a racist. Stories like this only serve to highlight the idiocy of modern anti-racism and why anti-racism has become a form of irrationalism with a religious dogmatism about it in modern America. Prejudice and stereotyping are valuable to animals because the need to quickly categorize objects and creatures is essential to the survival of an organism. Far from making her "more advanced," the anti-racist nonsense that she has been spoonfed has actually created a block in her mind which overrode common sense and her own survival instinct at a time when they were absolutely correct, and in doing so, she also put her child's life in danger as well!
The rational form of anti-racism is one in which one may make certain group stereotypes, but one adapts to individual exceptions. Individual exceptions to generally true stereotypes don't disprove the stereotype, but merely serve as a reminder that there are exceptions about which one must be open-minded. As people are not empirical data to be used in mathematical equations, a stereotype can only be disproved if there are sufficient individual exceptions to prove that it is no longer useful for making basic assumptions.
As a matter of justice, I think this woman walked entirely into this situation and for that she deserves no sympathy. Her child deserves plenty, both for having been in possibly mortal danger and for having a mother that stupid. What the thug did was criminal and worthy of prosecution, but what this woman did was no more pitiable than that woman who got attacked after jumping into the polar bear exhibit during feeding time. Causality may be a heartless bitch, but she is rarely unjust.
It was no less than Walter Williams who said that sterotypes were cheap information.
She ignored the cheap information (this guy was black, dressed like a thug, and tingled her Spidey Sense in general). This information suggested to her that she was in danger.
She instead ignored the cheap information only to pay the price for a more expensive confirmation of her suspicions shortly afterward.
I have had this talk with my 15 year old daughter. She got it on the first take and was quite pleased to see someone in authority (me) give her permission to act sensibly. Stereotypes are cheap information. They are indicators that something far away is potentially harmful, before you get close enough to know for sure. Only a fool would ignore that information.
Sadly, the woman in your story seems to have learned nothing from her experience. She didn't even have to mention the race aspect but she felt the need to defend herself against the charge of racism because she didn't enjoy being raped by a black man. White race guilt. Can't wash it off.
Not just fools, but the "enlightened" (I know I'm splitting hairs) as well! See, it's a sign of personal growth that you ignore the instincts that told your ancestors that the lion stalking near their camp wasn't just a playful kitty looking for playmates and a ball of yarn to toss around.
Say, where are all the evolutionists??
Isn't this just nature's way of cleansing the gene pool while keeping the degenerate busy?
Sounds harsh, I know, but...