The Tyra Show- The stereotype episode

I remember maybe a couple of weeks ago Tyra was doing a show on stereotypes. On one side of her she had people that were the stereotypers and on the other side of her she had the stereotypees, in other words, the people being harsly judge. What really gets me is how are you going to have all of these stereotypical views about people and you probably have a whole bunch of problems that know one even knows about. One example in particular is this black dude that was sitting on the "stereotypees" side. He has his hair cut in a ceaser and was wearing a black bubble coat, some jeans and some sneakers. It was something like that but I don't remember exactly what he was wearing. Anyway, Tyra asked the "stereotypers" what they thought about him. they had the nerve to say that he looked like a gangbanger or a drug dealer byu the way he was dressed and that they would probably feel intimidated or scared by him because he may rob them or something. I thought to myself, WOOOOOW! I remember the dude saying that he was a student in college and soemthing else. Those people just really ate their words. I understand that their is a time and place for everything, especially when it comes to the way you act, the way you carry yourself and the way you dress. But since when did an African American man wearing jeans and a bubble coat constitute him as being a criminal?