according to what the person deems culturally "normal"...
I often think of this because the nature of my job makes me often looks suspicious; but I am an old white woman so most of the time I am 'safe'. I do know that when I go into very poor neighborhoods or very wealthy neighborhoods to do my work, I know how people look at me and the way they confront (or not confront) me...
...in Trayvon Martin's case?... I understand (but absolutely don't condone reaction to his behavior). He is in a neighborhood that may be different from his own and he may be just merely looking at the different structures thinking about how and in what ways other people live... I do that all the time (but as I said, I am one of the 'privileged' 
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the problem is that even when we don't know why a person is behaving a certain way, many of us form judgements without actual knowledge... Suspicion comes from fear and insecurity and lack of exposure to the "other"
...or is this just a rhetoric question??
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