A person can be foolish enough to subscribe to blind racism and still be intelligent enough to tend to his own well being. Malcom X was a racist par excellence and rivaled any KKK Grand Dragon, but he did have a very practical outlook on personal defense.
If you wish to trust your very life to the good intentions of a man who is forcibly taking your property with a firearm, that is your life to gamble with.
I'm not the Vegas type and I long ago learned what some people are capable of.