answer:It’s not just folk wisdom that people judge you based on your appearance. And people, with just a little change of wardrobe and nothing else, can quite easily appear to be a certain type of person and get dramatically different reactions from people. If you want to play with this, dress one day as a librarian and another as a ghetto superstar. You can even go to the same places and see how dramatically the reaction shifts. Very eye opening. Sadly, this applies to things like perceived race and gender performances, as well. It’s not even conscious, often.