I taught ih the "hood" for the past 6 years, retiring in May of 2023. You are right. There are many good, kind people who live in the hood. I met them daily. There are also the other kind of people there as well. Sitting at my desk, I often heard gunshots not far away. In the 6 years I taught there, I had 8 students murdered, and 6 of my former students are currently serving very long sentences in prison, 3 of them for murder. Fearing crime and violence is natural. Fearing people because of the color of their skin is racism.