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treestar

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51. Blacks are a minority though
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 05:56 PM
Sep 2014

so this may not be so sinister as there are not as many blacks as whites to be friends with.


I have a mix but I'm mixed. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #1
It's hard for people to make friends if there is racial tension in the larger society. candelista Aug 2014 #2
That includes me. I ain't got any black friends. Hoppy Aug 2014 #3
Join your local NAACP branch, become a member duhneece Aug 2014 #29
I don't have any black friends, and I am ballyhoo Aug 2014 #4
I guess I'm lucky to have lots of friends, many of whom are brown, black, white,"red", disabled... FailureToCommunicate Aug 2014 #5
You are lucky, FailureToCommunicate. Cha Aug 2014 #8
I don't believe that. In my 840high Aug 2014 #6
I wish I did in RL but there aren't very many Cha Aug 2014 #7
Great picture. The amazing thing about it littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #20
I don't find this to be all that revealing. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #9
I work in East L.A. ripcord Aug 2014 #10
There was one black kid in my neighborhood for one year when I was growing up. truthisfreedom Aug 2014 #11
So what? 4dsc Aug 2014 #12
I'm white 90% of my friends are not gwheezie Aug 2014 #13
I don't have any friends. OnlinePoker Aug 2014 #14
Do you want friends?nt gwheezie Aug 2014 #15
I'll be your friend. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #16
I live in a rural community that is white. murielm99 Aug 2014 #17
I don't have any friends. :( ...just kidding. True: I don't have any black friends. C Moon Aug 2014 #18
I'm a white male near 60 yo. defacto7 Aug 2014 #19
Science needs replication. nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #21
At least part of this is going to be population and location. JoeyT Aug 2014 #22
Exactly. And the 12% are not evenly distributed. ManiacJoe Aug 2014 #45
What percent of DU is white? oberliner Aug 2014 #23
Nobody really knows. Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #39
but we do know that there are very few. kwassa Sep 2014 #50
They had to do a study? mimi85 Aug 2014 #24
News flash: People hang out with people who are like them! 7962 Aug 2014 #25
you're saying that people are like each other if their skin is the same color? CreekDog Aug 2014 #42
I joined local NAACP and AME duhneece Aug 2014 #26
Where I live there are mixed neighbors every where and I see bigdarryl Aug 2014 #27
It continues to be reinforced by housing patterns and just plain population statistics... BumRushDaShow Aug 2014 #28
Should this really be a surprise though? Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #30
A friend with weed is a friend indeed... Deadbeat Republicans Aug 2014 #31
I had a diverse group growing up & in the Army. Inkfreak Aug 2014 #32
I would be curious to see a geographical breakdown of study respondents madville Aug 2014 #33
I have a number of friends who I made working on party events Gothmog Aug 2014 #34
I'm white and have over 10 black friends that I'm with every week. L0oniX Aug 2014 #35
How many friends does the average person have? The2ndWheel Aug 2014 #36
Are you a guy? tavernier Sep 2014 #48
I am, and it could be The2ndWheel Sep 2014 #54
In the study it's actually defined as a close confidant caraher Sep 2014 #57
I'm an engineer. I have no personality. Hence, I have no friends. Even my cats are bored with me. meti57b Aug 2014 #37
Its interesting comparing this to the South African experience FarrenH Aug 2014 #38
I'm a white male whose preferred friends are men of color - closeupready Aug 2014 #40
I work in Oakland, CA Demobrat Aug 2014 #41
Juan Williams and Thomas Sowell have millions of white friends The Second Stone Aug 2014 #43
I have in the past had friends of different colors. abakan Aug 2014 #44
Demographics also play a big role madville Aug 2014 #46
My girlfriend's black sakabatou Sep 2014 #47
I live in Alabama and have several black friends. bamademo Sep 2014 #49
Blacks are a minority though treestar Sep 2014 #51
I don't have any white ones either. n/t tazkcmo Sep 2014 #52
Hold on caraher Sep 2014 #53
HORSE SHIT. onecent Sep 2014 #55
75-percent raised on Reagan. Octafish Sep 2014 #56
i live in super segregated milwaukee wisconsin dembotoz Sep 2014 #58
Pssst. Guess what? I don't have Japanese, Chinese or Outer Mongolian friends & GOLGO 13 Sep 2014 #59
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