We have all seen the discourse on places like reddit or whatever, where even the positive comments about rough neighborhoods is like “just keep your head up, don’t use headphones, pay attention and you will be fine”
Like how much of this is just white people playing out fantasy scenarios in their cop brains? I feel like most of “bad neighborhood” discourse just comes down to 
Like sure there are places where you are more likely to get your place broken into or whatever and systemic racism tends to result in certain outcomes but I feel like most places like this are in the minority, and in fact this must be the case or gentrification wouldn’t happen 
It’s not to say that there aren’t some bad neighborhoods. But to be sure, it does feel like at least 50% of that discussion is racist hogwash. It was an unforgettable moment when a teacher of mine said the upcoming fieldtrip might require some people to lock their car-doors. This teacher lived in a white-flight suburb and two of us couldn’t help but speak up.