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'No, having friends that are members of group X does not disprove prejudice against group X.' Perhaps you and I have different definitions of the word "friend"

• dragonwriter 13y ago
  > Perhaps you and I have different definitions of the word "friend", then. I think the problem has nothing to do with the word "friend" but the word "prejudice". > I'm talking about the pre-Facebook version, where they were earned. So what? The fact that people in group X can earn any given position with you doesn't mean that they don't, just by the fact of being members of group X, start out in a worse position in your view. So, that people in group X may have earned the designation "friend" from you does not in any way prove that you don't have a prejudice, even potentially a very strong one, against group X.
• derefr 13y ago
  Basically, the difference is between, on one hand, having friends who are black and that being an orthogonal characteristic unconsidered in the friendship; and, on the other hand, having friends despite their being black.
• emmelaich 13y ago
  Indeed; it seems people are not even aware of the origin of this 'defence'. The man accused described his black golf caddy as a friend. Of course, he was no such thing no matter how cordial their relationship.