Have to drive into bad area?

So I live in New Jersey and I have to drive into this area called Paterson to pick a friend up. If you live in jersey you probably have heard about this place if you do not live in jersey or have heard of this place you can look it up. I need help on what to do to stay safe. One main thing that worries me is I'm a white male and I drive a honda element with a Tennessee license plate cause I uses to live in Tennessee. Please tell me how to safley go about driving through there

You should probably not go.

Take a black marker and start drawing all over your skin, I have to do it all the time because I don't wanna get beat up. Either that or buy huge rims for your car that spin and tint your windows. You'll fit right in