I’ve had times when my best friend was black, and times when I have no black friends, and other variations within my running circle, from outer ring acquaintance to fairly close.
In the South it is common to have very good and best friends who are black, in California, it isn’t common at all.
Fascinating. Who knew?
In Chicago, when I was in my 20s, I had a really good black friend. She and I had the same first name, which was of course a good opener, and we stayed friends until I moved to CA and lost touch. I'm confident that she is having a very good life.
I will agree with you. I’m from Dallas and live in San Jose. I almost feel like california is more segregated than Dallas was when I grew up there.
That is so true. Blacks and whites in the south are more likely to be friends than in the west and north. There is not as much social segregation. The media makes out like the south is full of racist old white folks when the truth is there is just not as much PC going on south of the Mason-Dixon Line. What people are actually thinking is out in the open.
I’m in California and have a very good black friend.......for about 25 years now. Of course her Recently deceased husband was a Master Sergeant in the army so they are not typical thug blacks. We laugh about the thugs.