Again with this! Let's say a woman friend of mine is in Oakland on business. She asks me if it is safe for her to park a few blocks from the conference and walk from her car at night. She's read that Oakland has a relatively high violent crime rate (which is true).

I ask her what part of Oakland and she tells me. Now, if by chance she's going to be in a very safe part of Oakland, would I be callous and racist if I tell her not to worry because the violence she's referring to is concentrated far from where she will be?