Unfortunately, minorities ARE generally more likely to be in criminal activites because their ancestors were so terribly treated and poor that there wasn't much knowledge or money to pass on except the concept of "survive however you are able." Gradually some are finding ways out of that situation, but it's a slow process determined largely by luck and an ability to think outside "the world they know."

But it does bother me if people differentiate between similar actions between people of different ethnicities and describe those actions in a different light.