> Why does it seem like people feel the need to make anything they can about race?
Because there is no other reasonable, understandable reason to ban "working on your own car on your own property". Unless it disproportionally hits certain races--which would at least help explain the root motivation of the law.
Are you saying that you think the people who pushed this law had no opinion whatsoever on the activity itself, but just wanted black and latino people to suffer through an arbitrary ban?
It seems much more reasonable to guess that neighbors were annoyed by the activity itself and passed a nimby law because they're selfish.
Not having thought of any explanations is not the same thing as there being no explanations... someone should ask the people living in the community how that law got support.
Because there is no other reasonable, understandable reason to ban "working on your own car on your own property". Unless it disproportionally hits certain races--which would at least help explain the root motivation of the law.