It IS racist. The statistical approach is fine but things like: "Do not act the Good Samaritan to blacks in apparent distress, e.g., on the highway." are racist

It IS racist. The statistical approach is fine but things like: "Do not act the Good Samaritan to blacks in apparent distress, e.g., on the highway." are racist: Doing good for people I don't know very rarely pays off, no matter if towards white or black. Then, on the few links I clicked was anecdotal evidence, no statistics. Talking about a statistical approach and then backing it up is manipulative which makes it racist in this case. Based on the assumption that the author does not tell his kids to not help whites: yup, racist. There would be several indicators that influence that decision that are ignored here, like: is it a man or a woman? Is it a family? What car do they drive? How are they dressed? ... I repeat: using a statistical approach is very fine with me -- prejudices are heuristics. It's important to know what your prejudices are and where they come from; and it's very important to have diverse friends; the more cultures you have in your circle of friends the more you can learn from them, the more they can learn from you. Earlier today, there was an article talking about how often German police uses guns against people (84 bullets a year, I believe) and that American uses more bullets on some chases alone. Should I think that Americans have it 'in their blood' and not help them out in cases of emergencies? Nope, I will not.