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Do you know people of other races well? (1 Viewer)

Do you know some one of another race well?

  • Yes

    Votes: 64 81.0%

  • No

    Votes: 13 16.5%

  • Not sure....so probably no

    Votes: 2 2.5%
  • Total voters
    79
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I pose this question because it is not clear cut for me. I am a white guy half Irish and half Italian My mom;s best friend was black and my dad was pretty much old school racist, Little hate but more a this is not right thing from him. Sister married a black dude but didn't hang where she lived enough to call us friends, he was just a BIL that I didn't see often. I had most my relationships with other races from 1-12. After that not so much. No reason just because I don't see people of minorities where I work. I see some where I live and always wave but they are not among the two neighbors I actually know.

 
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Are you drunk?

Is the question whether we have brown and black friends? If so, then yes. I even have a brown gay friend. Boom! Double minority!

 
I realized that I only have one black friend on facebook, and he is a guy I work with who lives across the country. Probably 30% of my facebook friends are hispanic, 1% Indian (dot), 1% Asian. In real life I hang out with 50% hispanics and 50% whites. I did see a black chick at the gas station today that I would like to get to know well. Apparently blacks and asians don't like the desert. I know lots of hispanics well, to answer your original question.

Voted yes on the poll if you count hispanics as a different race. I don't, but the government does so I voted yes.

 
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Nah. I live in a 95% white suburb (I'm white). One of my best friends is brown though, we talk sports and rap all day. He's grown in quite well to American culture lol.

 
FatUncleJerryBuss said:
I had most my relationships with other races from 1-12. After that not so much.
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Exact opposite here. Grew up in a 90+% white community. First interaction I remember with a black kid was the first one in our grade, perhaps in our school. He was popular, good sense of humor and obviously our star athlete. We did have other minorities and my Dad was as anti-middle eastern as you would find. (we happened to live within a few miles of the largest Muslim community in the US)

Met more minorities in college, for a while I went out of my way to become friends with them, partly because they were interesting, partly to "prove" I wasn't racist. In hindsight, I'm glad I made friends with a diverse group, but I went about it for the wrong reasons.

We have a large minority base at work, and it's a non-issue with those I work closely with. But, in my line of work, we see the reports and allegations of racism which can be highly surprising.

trogg78 said:
I only know people from one race....

...the human race.
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Snob.

 
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Good post FUBAR. Definitely hits some chords--strange because my upbringing was entirely different. I am a mixed breed military brat where everyone was khaki green. Moved around a lot, in and out of the States, and encountered prejudice from both sides of the spectrum. Because of that, I am maybe the most tolerant person there can be--certainly the most open minded that my friends speak of.

Until recently. I've developed a real problem with religions, particularly their intolerance with others. Boko Haram, ISIL, .... It's the ultimate Divide--a prejudice defined by a Divine Purpose. The fact that it comes from Muslim countries almost makes it racial for me, and I have to keep reminding myself that it's not all Muslims--but the divide between racial prejudice and religious is a difficult one to resolve sometimes.

 
glumpy said:
Good post FUBAR. Definitely hits some chords--strange because my upbringing was entirely different. I am a mixed breed military brat where everyone was khaki green. Moved around a lot, in and out of the States, and encountered prejudice from both sides of the spectrum. Because of that, I am maybe the most tolerant person there can be--certainly the most open minded that my friends speak of.

Until recently. I've developed a real problem with religions, particularly their intolerance with others. Boko Haram, ISIL, .... It's the ultimate Divide--a prejudice defined by a Divine Purpose. The fact that it comes from Muslim countries almost makes it racial for me, and I have to keep reminding myself that it's not all Muslims--but the divide between racial prejudice and religious is a difficult one to resolve sometimes.
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That's what I hope for my kids. I don't think they've encountered much prejudice (they seem confused when I've asked if they have).eta: they aren't mixed breed, so maybe that makes a difference?

 
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FUBAR said:
glumpy said:
Good post FUBAR. Definitely hits some chords--strange because my upbringing was entirely different. I am a mixed breed military brat where everyone was khaki green. Moved around a lot, in and out of the States, and encountered prejudice from both sides of the spectrum. Because of that, I am maybe the most tolerant person there can be--certainly the most open minded that my friends speak of.

Until recently. I've developed a real problem with religions, particularly their intolerance with others. Boko Haram, ISIL, .... It's the ultimate Divide--a prejudice defined by a Divine Purpose. The fact that it comes from Muslim countries almost makes it racial for me, and I have to keep reminding myself that it's not all Muslims--but the divide between racial prejudice and religious is a difficult one to resolve sometimes.
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That's what I hope for my kids. I don't think they've encountered much prejudice (they seem confused when I've asked if they have).eta: they aren't mixed breed, so maybe that makes a difference?
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In my case being mixed didn't make the difference so much as being American overseas and later military brat during the Vietnam era. It can take many forms.

 
Wife is 25% Japanese. Being in a bi-racial marriage is not easy. I fear for my 1/8 Japanese son and what he will experience when he starts school.

 
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