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> Yet because of the de facto segregation of America, whites are unlikely to have many black friends As a non-American I find this surprising. After absorbing
by smegel 12y ago
> Yet because of the de facto segregation of America, whites are unlikely to have many black friends
As a non-American I find this surprising. After absorbing American movies and TV shows I honestly picture average middle class America, at least in the Northern states, as being a true mingle of races where almost every white guy or girl would have at least 1 or 2 black friends in their immediate social circle. Similarly in the workplace.
Is that really not an accurate picture?
- retrojoe 12y agoIn northern states, that would require black people to work overtime and befriend everyone. There simply aren't enough to go round, even if black people weren't segregated by housing, jobs, and social status.
- snogglethorpe 12y agoYeah... when I was in grade-school, I lived in a majority-black area, and so had lots of black friends... but then in high-school we moved to a different state, and I don't think I even saw another black person until I entered college...!
- StephenGL 12y agoAfrican Americans are just over 12% of the population. The average adult has how many "friends" and how many of those are spouses of other friends and friends of family? I think that even if we there was zero racism people would still tend towards marrying those similar to ourselves. On a back of the napkin calculation this means any group might have less friends of other groups based on the overwhelming influence of family and friends of siblings and such alone. I think we have to look deeper than this stat.
- socialist_coder 12y agoNot accurate at all. The vast majority of stock photos, tv show cast of characters, hypothetical situations, etc, all feature "diversity"; race, ethnicity, religion, whatever. It's done to be politically correct and to protect yourself from accusations of racism, and it's laughably obvious. It's the reason why the black kid on South Park is named "Token"- the shows creators needed at least 1 black kid, so he's the "token" black character.