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> There are a number of factors driving these numbers. Simple population counts are one of them: There are more white people than black people in the United Sta
by dpoochieni 6y ago
> There are a number of factors driving these numbers. Simple population counts are one of them: There are more white people than black people in the United States, so it makes sense that the average American is going to have more white friends than black friends.
That's the major factor but I guess if one tries hard enough they can see the angels dancing on the head of a needle. Why would they dismiss it in the 2nd paragraph to come up with some holier-than-thou babble.
Of course, and then one could do some math and figure out that in a graph where 75% of nodes are X and 25% are Y and random relationships occur, the average Y will have a higher proportion of X friends than the average X will have of Y friends. ? Where does one jump from this to some kind of moral argument?
It's like saying the avg kitesurfers has more non-kitesurfer friends than the avg non-kitesurfer has kitesurfer friends.
F*, this grouping and deindividuation of people that the American left has degenerated to, has truly has become a post-modern religion with it's requisite self-flagelation and utopic symbolism.
- scarface74 6y agoHow did a simple citation turn into a rant about the “liberals”? This isn’t a novel observation. People live by people that look like them when they are voluntarily choosing who to socialize with, they socialize with people that look like them. I’m not making any value judgments. https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria/dp/0465083617 https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria... https://tcf.org/content/report/attacking-black-white-opportunity-gap-comes-residential-segregation/ https://tcf.org/content/report/attacking-black-white-opportu... https://tcf.org/content/report/attacking-black-white-opportunity-gap-comes-residential-segregation/ https://tcf.org/content/report/attacking-black-white-opportu... But, even if you look beyond racial lines, how many 25 year old singles hang out with 45 year old married people? It even happens in reverse. My former manager was trying to build a department of developers in a remote office. After he got one or two good hires using the standard recruiting process, all the rest came from referrals. No one in our office of 10 developers were under 35. How much different would the median age have been if he hadn’t used referrals?