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EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 10:39 PM Jun 2018

Poll: When did you last socialize with a person of a different race in their home or yours? [View all]

I asked a similar question a few weeks ago and appreciated the honest and insightful responses that people gave. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210637418

However, because the answers were largely anecdotal, I decided it would be helpful to do a more formal poll to get a sense of what people's experiences, contexts and paradigms are.

So, the question is: When was the last time you socialized with a person of a different color (loosely defined as white or person of color) in your home or theirs? The question breaks down as follows:

1) If you are white, when was the last time you socialized with a person of color (black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, etc.) in your home or theirs?

2) If you are a person of color (black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, etc.), when was the last time you socialized with a white person in their home or yours?


Thanks for responding!


47 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
I'm white and I've never socialized with a person of color in their home or mine
0 (0%)
I'm white and most recently socialized with a person of color in their home or mine more than 5 years ago
4 (9%)
I'm white and most recently socialized with a person of color in their home or mine 1 to 5 years ago
1 (2%)
I'm white and most recently socialized with a person of color in their home or mine 1 to 12 months ago
7 (15%)
I'm white and most recently socialized with a person of color in their home or mine in the last month
28 (60%)
I'm a person of color and I've never socialized with a white person in their home or mine
0 (0%)
I'm a person of color and most recently socialized with a white person in their home or mine more than 5 years ago
0 (0%)
I'm a person of color and most recently socialized with a white person in their home or mine 1 to 5 years ago
1 (2%)
I'm a person of color and most recently socialized with a white person in their home or mine 1 to 12 months ago
0 (0%)
I'm a person of color and most recently socialized with a white person in their home or mine in the last month
6 (13%)
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well, we live in the same home ... kwassa Jun 2018 #1
LOL! KT2000 Jun 2018 #4
Same here 4dog Jun 2018 #5
lol Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #18
Me too, Kwassa. I've just made 17 years of marriage to my bohemian Bae The_REAL_Ecumenist Jun 2018 #40
Okay, that was funny! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2018 #41
Same here. yardwork Jun 2018 #47
same with me NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #61
Well, for those who choose to believe Jewish Hortensis Jun 2018 #68
Used to socialize with a lot of people Bettie Jun 2018 #2
Interesting culture, Bettie. What people originally Hortensis Jun 2018 #49
Mostly Czech and that greater region Bettie Jun 2018 #50
Well, we're surrounded by a lot of strong Hortensis Jun 2018 #52
5 or more years ago Revanchist Jun 2018 #3
Yeah, that would be me -- after retiring 5 years ago, I don't socialize much since Nay Jun 2018 #48
I'm white and my best friend KT2000 Jun 2018 #6
I am one of 3 bff's - adopted sistahs 💖 TalenaGor Jun 2018 #7
my daughter-in-law is Chinese flyingfysh Jun 2018 #8
I don't understand the purpose of this leftstreet Jun 2018 #9
I clearly stated what the purpose was EffieBlack Jun 2018 #10
But confusing without background demographics leftstreet Jun 2018 #12
You are free to start your own poll with the "background demographics" you think are important EffieBlack Jun 2018 #13
No, I have no interest in it leftstreet Jun 2018 #16
Since you have no idea whether I am "hoping" for any particular option, your assumptions EffieBlack Jun 2018 #19
Gathering chat is one thing, "data" another. Hortensis Jun 2018 #51
Do you insert yourself into every poll thread complaining about "the validity of any viewpoint that EffieBlack Jun 2018 #56
No, just this one given you feel you are gathering Hortensis Jun 2018 #57
Again, thank you for your "suggestion" EffieBlack Jun 2018 #59
Good. Just the facts, ma'am. Hortensis Jun 2018 #60
+1 eom Arazi Jun 2018 #85
Do you tell everyone you see making a poll on DU about how data analysis gollygee Jun 2018 #87
IKR EffieBlack Jun 2018 #90
To me, that seems like the point of it gollygee Jun 2018 #53
I don't fit your demographics and here's why FakeNoose Jun 2018 #11
You don't skew the results and I don't have a demographic EffieBlack Jun 2018 #14
My medical marijuana caregivers are a mixed race couple. (black and white) eShirl Jun 2018 #15
I rec'd this because I think it's a great idea for a poll. thucythucy Jun 2018 #17
It would be very interesting to gauge people's experience with/exposure to this EffieBlack Jun 2018 #21
Tomorrow, after I get some sleep! thucythucy Jun 2018 #23
Great! EffieBlack Jun 2018 #24
Please do. The discussion would be very interesting, Hortensis Jun 2018 #69
Just came home from an Iftar dinner cilla4progress Jun 2018 #20
If you think it counts, it counts. EffieBlack Jun 2018 #22
I think it does! cilla4progress Jun 2018 #25
Your attitudes probably aren't racist - since I doubt that you think other people are EffieBlack Jun 2018 #27
Yes -- we're all on a learning curve. It's not shameful to admit that. n/t pnwmom Jun 2018 #36
Why are you race baiting on DU? greytdemocrat Jun 2018 #26
Here's a clue: EffieBlack Jun 2018 #29
Post removed Post removed Jun 2018 #31
This was exactly my point, Effie. cilla4progress Jun 2018 #80
That goes both ways EffieBlack Jun 2018 #81
Interesting.. cilla4progress Jun 2018 #91
It's okay to say "I live in a fucked up place where everyone is white." hunter Jun 2018 #88
Where is the I am a Hermit whose doesn't socialize because of crippling social anxiety option? nt LostOne4Ever Jun 2018 #28
I'm white and my adopted grand baby is a different race. nolabear Jun 2018 #30
I feel like I'm cheating ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #32
I do not socialize much in people's houses Lithos Jun 2018 #33
It would be interesting to also know pnwmom Jun 2018 #34
That would be interesting. Why don't you start a poll on that? EffieBlack Jun 2018 #35
Um . . . how do you set up a poll? I don't think I ever have. n/t pnwmom Jun 2018 #37
It's pretty simple EffieBlack Jun 2018 #38
LOL. I hadn't seen the button to click -- just found it. pnwmom Jun 2018 #39
We moved to northern England a year ago iwillalwayswonderwhy Jun 2018 #42
What a change! :) I read a book by someone who did that, Hortensis Jun 2018 #71
I think I was adjusting to so much and so busy iwillalwayswonderwhy Jun 2018 #72
Sure. Did you find a specialized culture there Hortensis Jun 2018 #75
I do not understand what you are asking me nt iwillalwayswonderwhy Jun 2018 #76
Well, you say you rarely socialize, and I know Hortensis Jun 2018 #84
Our boat neighbors are extremely friendly iwillalwayswonderwhy Jun 2018 #89
Last weekend at my house. herding cats Jun 2018 #43
Everyday with family and friends CaseyinSeattle Jun 2018 #44
Right now I hope Soxfan58 Jun 2018 #45
My nephew who is mixed lives with us when not in college blueinredohio Jun 2018 #46
I'm hispanic/Italian American have a white gay daughter and I'm married to a white conservative guy TNLib Jun 2018 #54
I pretty much hate all people and would rather shoot myself in the foot than socialize with el_bryanto Jun 2018 #55
Saturday Bok_Tukalo Jun 2018 #58
"...socialized with a person of color in their home or mine more than 1 to 12 months ago." ??? Petrushka Jun 2018 #62
Typo - fixed EffieBlack Jun 2018 #63
Thank you, EffieBlack! Petrushka Jun 2018 #70
This message was self-deleted by its author betsuni Jun 2018 #64
On a more serious note, there is still a lot of social segregation in the world. kwassa Jun 2018 #65
Every weekend IronLionZion Jun 2018 #66
I'm the only white person in my social group wonkwest Jun 2018 #67
The older I get the less social I am. My kids have friends of all types that come through the house Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #73
I'm white and our good friend who is black came over to help me out with shopping and getting CTyankee Jun 2018 #74
:-) EffieBlack Jun 2018 #79
Our friend played Varsity Lacrosse at Yale and still plays altho he is a bit too old to run around CTyankee Jun 2018 #83
It's been more than five years for me PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #77
I dont think i know a alot of people who are the same race as me Tiggeroshii Jun 2018 #78
Just had a couple neighbors over to watch Ragnorak in 4K yesterday afternoon. haele Jun 2018 #82
Can a white person of hispanic country origin answer either question? Bacchus4.0 Jun 2018 #86
November or December crazycatlady Jun 2018 #92
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