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Race is so strongly correlated among friends (in the US, anyway) that it's unbelievable that people won't have observed this.[0] Average demographics: * White
by lkbm 8y ago
Race is so strongly correlated among friends (in the US, anyway) that it's unbelievable that people won't have observed this.[0] Average demographics:
* White Americans: 91% of social network are white; 8% black.
* Black Americans: 83% of social network are black; 1% white.
[0] https://www.prri.org/research/poll-race-religion-politics-americans-social-networks/#page-section-2 https://www.prri.org/research/poll-race-religion-politics-am...
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoSome of that is normal population percentages - expected with random friends. Self-reported 'black' citizens are around 1-in-10 across the US. And in Silicon Valley its different - the mix of international people of high education and achievement make it a skewed sample.
- CydeWeys 8y agoThe vast majority of programming jobs in the US are not in Silicon Valley, though. It's a lot more homogenous outside the major cosmopolitan cities.
- dleslie 8y agoNot everyone visiting HN is from the USA.