When you encounter others on a trail, offer a friendly “hello” or a nod. This helps create a friendly atmosphere. If you approach a trail user from behind, announce yourself in a friendly, calm tone. Yelling “that chipmunk stole my car keys, run for your lives” is not helpful.
Here's @SarahKSilverman telling an Asian civil rights activist and a Black woman that she has the "right" to use racial slurs in comedy & they shouldn't be telling her how to do satire. And @billmaher tells Anne Marie Johnson "I wouldn't know you were Black unless you told me."