tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post7577882668927986361..comments2023-07-25T08:58:50.067-05:00Comments on ChurchGal: do *you* have friends of another color?Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-84997802011006459032008-09-10T12:50:00.000-05:002008-09-10T12:50:00.000-05:00@Immutable - yes; socio-economic diversity is impo...@Immutable - yes; socio-economic diversity is important, too.<BR/><BR/>It took me a bit to answer this because you got me thinking about the way that class diverges (or not) in my own social circle.<BR/><BR/>If I took my different colored friends and their childhood backgrounds and compared them I think only one of us grew up upper middle class or wealthy. For the most part, most of us grew up Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-13956207752752455552008-09-09T22:20:00.000-05:002008-09-09T22:20:00.000-05:00short answer? yes. i think it's because of my immi...short answer? yes. i think it's because of my immigrant background and never feeling like an American, so I always bonded more with people of other races, or who were also immigrants. and yes, growing up, i did equate american with white... interesting question this is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-20750080574985230982008-09-09T18:09:00.000-05:002008-09-09T18:09:00.000-05:00It's not just race. What about socio-economic gro...It's not just race. What about socio-economic group? I've been lucky - attended international schools, work for an NGO with a diverse staff, belong to clubs with a wide range of members, so I have always had friends from many races - close friends too. But everyone I work with, the majority of the people I went to school with (because of the schools my parents picked) and the people who attendimmutableinscrutablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530953605554014009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-45229035268904483142008-09-09T09:26:00.000-05:002008-09-09T09:26:00.000-05:00Well, it goes beyond white/black. I've worked wit...Well, it goes beyond white/black. I've worked with black women who've never had white friends (and there's reason for that, but none? at all? ever? just one?) so I think that, overall, everyone benefits from having a diverse social set.<BR/><BR/>I was saying to a guy the other night while we were hanging out - there is *no* excuse for people not to know someone of another ethnic group. Like,Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-88717444249246361442008-09-08T20:49:00.000-05:002008-09-08T20:49:00.000-05:00sorry to say that i don't have many regular friend...sorry to say that i don't have many regular friends who aren't white. i have an indian/muslim friend who i consider among my intimate friends. but sadly, since i entered a line of work that is very largely white (at least in this neck of the woods), and stopped going to a church that was about 50% black (or church, at all), i'd have to say there are very few "hang out with" friends i have who Molly Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603687188519209897noreply@blogger.com