These are attorneys, businessmen, and a writer. These are guys who volunteer, who have great families and nice houses, who wear expensive suits and carry beautiful briefcases. They still can't get a cab to stop for them. But when I hail one, taxis will stop. Perhaps it's the constant media attention to criminal and other anti-social behavior that gets the black male stereotyped in our society.
People begin to believe that all African-American men are gangsters, etc.
Media reports trot out statistics about black crime rates and prison population numbers. I don't honestly know the answer, but it would be interesting to see. The African-American men that I know are all different people. Some quiet, others outgoing. Since I know most of them from work, and my worksite has a high percentage of lawyers and engineers, they're all pretty smart.