Well...

I ride all the time in white neighborhoods in Chicago and I'm not afraid... so I guess there must be something about the stereotypes that are typically assigned to the different neighborhoods. Do I get a gold star for that?

There are plenty of times when someone may say that a black female on a bike wearing lycra riding through the neighborhoods of the north side and the north suburbs is a rare occurrance. I don't find myself particulary heralding the fact that I'm being ever so brave as to go to a neighborhood where "black people don't belong". Does that make me brave?

Afraid of black people? I'm black, so that means you have to be afraid of me?

Very ignorant thinking. I'm personally insulted.

Koffee