upon what basis could you possibly make this claim?
Thus someone might assume something of that sort is at play here, though it might be an unreasonable assumption for reasons x, y, and z.
I am not racist. I wouldn't wager that this was race related. But I wouldn't say that someone seeing the situation, and then making the assumption that is it is race related, is out of the realm of possibility.
I would think that would be an unfortunate, but frequent, take away if the average person evaluated things at surface level.
You can disagree with me here, maybe with a Gallup poll for example, without insulting me.
Just because this is a sensitive topic doesn't mean you get to throw around insults and look down on another person.
