"The kids could have come down, played a game, had a positive experience, then gone back and say, 'I felt safe, it was a great field, the event went smoothly,' " he said. "You create a positive experience for those youth who, before going down there, would have been filled with stereotypes and prejudice. Instead, now you have these young people being told, 'We're not going because it's so unsafe.' Now you have contributed to the negative stereotypes they've been given."