Answer:
People are often afraid for no reason, just because they don't know or understand people who are different.
Explanation:
Esperanza says that people “who don’t know any better” think her neighborhood is dangerous, and that if they find themselves in it at night, they fear they’ll get stabbed. Esperanza and her friends are never scared in the neighborhood, since they know the people outsiders might find frightening. However, Esperanza notes that when she enters a non-Chicano ethnic neighborhood, she herself gets scared.
