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In reply to the discussion: Study Shows Most White Americans Don't Have Black Friends [View all]Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)According to a couple of minutes with Wiki and Google, the US population is only about 12.6% black and 16.4% Hispanic. Given that, the fact that most people's friends are likely to share their social class, the demographics of social class and the fact that most neighborhoods are predominantly composed of one social class, this finding shouldn't really be a surprise.
What I'm saying is that, while some white people may actively avoid cultivating friendships with black people, in the majority of cases, it's more than their everyday lives don't often bring them into prolonged contact with black people. Their neighborhoods are all of one social class, the people at their jobs are probably of one social class and they mostly shop in stores targeting one social class. The stratification of social class and the demographics of social class is far more to blame here than outright racism, I would suggest.