A middle-class white woman walks to the other side of the street when she sees a group of young black men approaching her.Her behavior can be linked to the compulsion of proximity.

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The behavior described is more accurately linked to racial profiling or stereotyping, not the compulsion of proximity, which refers to the human tendency to seek closeness and interaction with others.

A Middle-Class White Woman Walks to the Other Side of the Street