I agree, but let's not pin it all on the "privileged." Most of the people I work with are laborers and office workers who feel they never had permission to voice their racist and hateful opinions before now. Many are unsatisfied with their social and economic status and need to blame that on someone else. I think (actually, I'm pretty sure) that when these people see a physically-fit, decked-out rider on what looks like an expensive bike (which is how ALL riders and bikes look to those who don't know better), they see the self-loving, financially successful person they want to be and they immediately go into envy mode, which almost always turns ugly in the end.