Whites prefer company of other Whites -- Duh!
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:56 pm
Study Shows Most White Americans Don't Have Close Black Friends
Despite all the talk about our supposedly post-racial society, friend groups among Americans remain starkly segregated.
A recent study conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute[1] showed that 91 percent of the average white American's closest friends and family members are white, and just 1 percent are black. While black Americans tend to have a more diverse social network, they don’t fare much better. The average African American has 83 percent black confidants, 8 percent white confidants, 2 percent Latino confidants, zero Asian confidants, and 3 percent mixed-race confidants. One of the most glaring statistics from the study showed that when asked to name their closest friends and family members, 75 percent of white Americans didn't name even one person who was not white...
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Despite all the talk about our supposedly post-racial society, friend groups among Americans remain starkly segregated.
A recent study conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute[1] showed that 91 percent of the average white American's closest friends and family members are white, and just 1 percent are black. While black Americans tend to have a more diverse social network, they don’t fare much better. The average African American has 83 percent black confidants, 8 percent white confidants, 2 percent Latino confidants, zero Asian confidants, and 3 percent mixed-race confidants. One of the most glaring statistics from the study showed that when asked to name their closest friends and family members, 75 percent of white Americans didn't name even one person who was not white...
More here: unvis.it/www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/29/white ... 33250.html