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Many Americans have no friends of another race: poll
Reuters ^ | Thu Aug 8, 2013 10:05am EDT | Lindsay Dunsmuir

Posted on 08/10/2013 10:14:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai

About 40 percent of white Americans and about 25 percent of non-white Americans are surrounded exclusively by friends of their own race, according to an ongoing Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The figures highlight how segregated the United States remains in the wake of a debate on race sparked by last month’s acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of unarmed black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. President Barack Obama weighed in after the verdict, calling for Americans to do some “soul searching” on whether they harbor racial prejudice.

There are regions and groups where mixing with people of other races is more common, especially in the Hispanic community where only a tenth do not have friends of a different race. About half of Hispanics who have a spouse or partner are in a relationship with non-Hispanics, compared to one tenth of whites and blacks in relationships. …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; liberalagenda; liberalmedia; racism; trayvon; trayvonmartin; trayvonstroops
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To: Olog-hai

Hell I have no friends period...


61 posted on 08/11/2013 3:31:35 AM PDT by montanajoe
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To: Vendome

Depends on if you count ‘serial monogamy’ as a variant of polygamy.

You may have a friend that has been divorced and remarried.

I call such people ‘slow acting polygamists’.


62 posted on 08/11/2013 3:41:16 AM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: Viennacon

Let’s see, blacks are 13% of the population and are largely concentrated in cities. Asians are concentrated on the coasts. So, given distribution patterns and the fact that there isn’t yet a national friendship diversity register, it’s possible that many Caucasians will know only other Caucasians. That’s hardly racism. That’s demographics.


63 posted on 08/11/2013 3:57:56 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Olog-hai

Cranberry sauce.


64 posted on 08/11/2013 4:00:55 AM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: Olog-hai

...every American except George Zimmerman who seemed to have a rainbow collection of friends. Oh, the irony.


65 posted on 08/11/2013 4:09:44 AM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Olog-hai

This poll is completely bogus. From watching TV, I know that ALL white folks have black friends ... LOTS of them.


66 posted on 08/11/2013 4:10:14 AM PDT by Walrus (America died on November 6, 2012 --- RIP)
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To: Olog-hai

Somehow this will gravitate toward the intolerance of white America. I’m sick of these articles that hide behind the truth


67 posted on 08/11/2013 4:16:43 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Olog-hai

Whites are too white, Blacks are too black, Indians are too red, i don,t like any of them.


68 posted on 08/11/2013 4:19:08 AM PDT by ravenwolf
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To: babyfreep

Actually if you look you’ll see that the left is redefining a bunch of Hispanics as white.

They’ve already done this with Asians to a large extent


69 posted on 08/11/2013 4:22:04 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Olog-hai

People hang with those who speak their language. It goes back to the time of the Tower of Babel:

1.Genesis 11:1
[ The Tower of Babel ] Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

2.Genesis 11:9
That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.


70 posted on 08/11/2013 4:40:02 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever
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To: Walrus

They believe that everyone needs to have at least one black friend with black rimmed glasses and Cheetos shaped afro hair. They just need to figure out how to force it on us so we match up with the tv commercials.


71 posted on 08/11/2013 4:50:50 AM PDT by bigtoona
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To: Olog-hai

I’m betting that women have more female friends and men have more male friends. I’m betting doctors have more medical friends than landscaping friends. I’m betting wealthy people have more rich friends than poor friends. Birds of a feather.


72 posted on 08/11/2013 4:51:51 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: jonascord

> Pretty much. You live in Oklahoma long enough and you become convinced that everyone in the state averages three teeth, and can’t count to eleven without taking off his/her/it’s shoes.

And those are the college grads...

Durnit. Ya made me spit up ma coffee...lol


73 posted on 08/11/2013 4:59:49 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Olog-hai

Why should I have any creepy a$$ cracker friends?


74 posted on 08/11/2013 5:04:41 AM PDT by Patriot95
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To: Olog-hai; Larry Lucido; F15Eagle

Should we be talking about this?


75 posted on 08/11/2013 5:08:14 AM PDT by Gamecock (Member: NAACAC)
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To: Olog-hai

Nonsense. Pure bullshit. In THIS country, I would find it IMPOSSIBLE not to have friends of EVERY ethnic persuasion.


76 posted on 08/11/2013 5:10:31 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

This doesn’t even take into account the segregationists who still vote Democrat from beyond the grave in every election. Thanks Olog-hai.


77 posted on 08/11/2013 5:35:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: flaglady47

Never have so few held such power. You’d think they were 75% instead of about 13%.


78 posted on 08/11/2013 5:36:44 AM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: Viennacon

My BFF is black and we’re friends because we have common values and beliefs.


79 posted on 08/11/2013 5:37:17 AM PDT by BuddaBudd (F U B O)
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To: Olog-hai

What do they expect - how would the different races communicate? I don’t understand ebonics or street slang and they don’t understand my “cursiveness”.


80 posted on 08/11/2013 5:41:16 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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