In GTA V, some NPCs will call the cops on you just because you stand near them for too long. I am guessing it happened to people while playing as Franklin and made them think racism is actually coded in the game.
Interesting. I never experienced that. Infact come to think of it when I played the NPCs were very lenient. I could knock out someone in a crowd of people and nothing would happen. But a second person is the line in most "crimes".... except hitting a cop car.