why point out "ethnicity" at all? all it shows is that you personally were predisposed to be less trusting of something different. and that probably you're whit

why point out "ethnicity" at all? all it shows is that you personally were predisposed to be less trusting of something different. and that probably you're white and don't view whiteness as an ethnicity. your readers may not be the same race as you. maybe to them "different less-trustworthy ethnicity" is white. or maybe you only wanted to talk to other white people so you could reconfirm to yourselves that "ethnic" cultures are "backwards" and "exotic" and "less trustworthy."