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« on: July 13, 2015, 07:59:33 PM »
« edited: July 13, 2015, 09:36:10 PM by RR1997 »

Hi guys! I'm RR1997.

Today was a very boring day. I spent most of it roaming around YouTube.  

I was mostly watching science-related videos, but I came across a video stating random fun facts. While watching this video, I learned that 75% of European-Americans (white people) don't have a SINGLE minority friend. This surprised me a little and I decided to do a little research about this. I came across this article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/25/three-quarters-of-whites-dont-have-any-non-white-friends/
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Do you have any minority friends?

Remember that there is a difference between an acquaintance and a friend. I'm talking about HARD-CORE friends.

I want to see if the Atlas Forum is any different (most of my friends are white BTW, and I'm not white).

Discuss.
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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2015, 08:16:10 PM »
« Edited: July 13, 2015, 08:23:48 PM by RR1997 »

Not my closest friends, but I have brothers and smoking partners who are of various minority stock--Asian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, African-American. Who cares?

I agree. I really don't care either and I think that people can be friends with whom ever they want to be friends with. I hate it when people bring up discussions about race IRL. It's even more annoying when people use race as an excuse for something. I'm just really bored and I have nothing to do right now. The fact that 75% of white people have no minority friends does frighten me a little (and I have a VERY hard time believing it), but I still don't care all that much.
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2015, 08:21:42 PM »

Yes. This question is very Atlas.
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2015, 08:27:14 PM »

Yes and I even have a minority relative.
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2015, 08:41:01 PM »

If a half-Korean counts, yes.
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2015, 08:49:55 PM »

Yes.
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2015, 08:50:17 PM »

The percentage of black people who have no close non-black friends is probably even higher.
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2015, 08:59:01 PM »
« Edited: July 13, 2015, 09:02:13 PM by RR1997 »

The percentage of black people who have no close non-black friends is probably even higher.

Nope. According to the study, slightly less than 67% black people have no close non-black friends, while around 75% of white people have no close minority friends.

Also, check this graphic out:

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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2015, 08:59:48 PM »

"(white people only)"

Isn't that racist?  Tongue

Yes, I do have non-white friends.  I wonder what is the social circle of these people with no non-white friends.  Do they only have two or three people that they consider close enough to be counted as "friends"?  That would make the statistic more believable.
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2015, 09:24:36 PM »


indeed.
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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2015, 09:31:57 PM »

Not my closest friends, but I have brothers and smoking partners who are of various minority stock--Asian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, African-American. Who cares?

I agree. I really don't care either and I think that people can be friends with whom ever they want to be friends with. I hate it when people bring up discussions about race IRL. It's even more annoying when people use race as an excuse for something. I'm just really bored and I have nothing to do right now. The fact that 75% of white people have no minority friends does frighten me a little (and I have a VERY hard time believing it), but I still don't care all that much.

The methodology of the survey is confusing. The survey question asked about seven closest friends, but then somehow extrapolates the data to determining the makeup of larger social networks.  By the seven closest friends standard, the answer for me is not really at the moment.
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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2015, 09:33:45 PM »

Not my closest friends, but I have brothers and smoking partners who are of various minority stock--Asian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, African-American. Who cares?

I agree. I really don't care either and I think that people can be friends with whom ever they want to be friends with. I hate it when people bring up discussions about race IRL. It's even more annoying when people use race as an excuse for something. I'm just really bored and I have nothing to do right now. The fact that 75% of white people have no minority friends does frighten me a little (and I have a VERY hard time believing it), but I still don't care all that much.

The methodology of the survey is confusing. The survey question asked about seven closest friends, but then somehow extrapolates the data to determining the makeup of larger social networks.  By the seven closest friends standard, the answer for me is not really at the moment.

I think I stated my question wrong. I'm talking about CLOSE friends. Sorry for not adding the c-word to the title.
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2015, 09:46:00 PM »

My best friend is Asian.
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« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2015, 10:23:39 PM »

My closest friend is an Indian (as in, from India). My own qualification in the poll might be disputed by some, too.
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« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2015, 10:39:43 PM »

Most of my friends are Asian and whites are actually a minority in some of the groups I'm in, so yes (this is a common occurrence in STEM circles, depending on the school.  Some Science Olympiad teams I've seen were literally all East Asian despite being from largely-white neighborhoods). 
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« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2015, 11:42:39 PM »

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« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2015, 01:54:49 AM »

My oldest friend is black, my best friend is Latino, my boyfriend is half black and half Asian, and half my quiz bowl team is Asian.
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« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2015, 05:10:28 AM »

There are only about 10 people I would consider close friends, and yes, all of them are white.
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« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2015, 06:07:07 AM »

One guy who's Vietnamese, but my friendship circle (which is quite extended) is otherwise almost monolithically white and Australian.
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« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2015, 08:53:45 AM »

One of my best friends is Pakistani
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« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2015, 09:02:06 AM »

where's the option if we have no friends at all (atlas)
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« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2015, 09:08:08 AM »

Most of my friends are Asian and whites are actually a minority in some of the groups I'm in, so yes

This was me up through middle school with >90% Asian friends plus white Jews to fill up the rest, but then i went to a majorly white high school. My high school closest 15 friends included a half Lebanese (basically white), Puerto Rican, half Puerto Rican/half Filipino, half Japanese, a Filipino, and a Virgin Islands black (Is that still called African-American, pc?) - not quite a majority - 33 or 40% only. A few hispanics, asians, and especially Jews beyond the very close groups, but the school was very white compared to my majority minority hometown.

I'm very blessed that my workplace is mostly Asian because if there were more whites like the horrible university ones, I'd despise this. Not that I'd consider them close friends, but it makes it easier.
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« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2015, 01:05:58 PM »

Not at the moment.

But one of my best friends in school was of Turkish origin and one of my co-workers was of Bosnian origin. Both then moved to Vienna to study and work.

Now my friends and co-workers are all white ethnic Austrians.
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« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2015, 02:22:54 PM »

Thankfully, I do. Actually, if I think about it, most of them are.
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« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2015, 02:37:46 PM »

Hey Simfan, this is a safe space for us whites, read the title Sad check your privilege
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