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The question said literally nothing about race. The racism is in your head.
The whole idea of "the bad part of town" is inextricable from racism in the US, since most of these "bad parts" were created intentionally through practices like redlining, ghettofication, and white flight. I'd say "crack a history book" but this isn't even history yet, it's still ongoing.
Enropean cities also have “bad parts” despite having a completely different history.
Completely different? Where do you think the word "ghetto" comes from?
That aside, OP specified American cities.
What do you think of a white person who'd walk through a bad part of town, alone (and without weapons), as an attempt to deal with wt:thons racism or possible racism, or at least presumption(s)?
I've had friends that did that. It's not something I would do; feels too much like "poverty tourism".
I don't think it's "Oh, look at how the poor people live: how sad." (or "how resourceful"), but more like, "You guys said that if I spent five minutes in South Central, I'd get my ass kicked; well I spent five hours walking the streets there, and it was basically a good walk with no violence."