I saw a lot of them this past weekend and to be honest it warned my cold heart lol

They ran the gamut too, middle aged friend groups, teens, groups of women, groups of men, groups with men AND women, mostly Blk and Wht but some Asians and Latinos in the mixes as well

And since this was the weekend, I assumed these ppl were together by pure choice, not just on a lunch break with co workers

These last several months have felt so racially charged, on some Us verses them, it was refreshing to see

I myself have basically all Blk friends and most are gay males as well and I'm perfectly fine with that cause u can't force friendships. But I was glad to see these mixed groups tho, really glad

I did wonder how muted some issues were amongst the groups, like I wondered if there was just many things that weren't touched and how those untouched things may be missed opportunities for growth and (national) healing

Anywho are u part of an interracial friend group? Are u the sole xxxx person in ur group? Please share

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I was the Jewish guy and the northerner

There was a mexican, a black guy, a fat virgin, a redneck, and a south florida Jew.

When you have the right mix, those touchy subjects become a goldmine for WILDLY inappropriate humor.

*Jews you*

"this is okp tho, reading is completely optional" (c) desus

Proceed with caution. I am overtly racist.

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it's funny because I went to a predominately white HS and dated a mixed girl who was always considered "exotic" in Western PA back in the day.

I got to VCU a few years later and bumped into her when she was studying her masters.

She was so plain when I saw her standing next to a Korean, Vietnamese, Palestinian, Ethiopians women that were chilling in the Commons.

all types. now tho, i have work friends (white) and homies (black, w/ a few exceptions).

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due to where i lived in south philly
my friends have been 95% black since about 10th grade when i switched schools tho
i see it pretty much staying that way now

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now im 30, black wife, black kid, black friends. lol.

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>Anywho are u part of an interracial friend group? Are u the
>sole xxxx person in ur group? Please share

Eventually tho, that shit got old, because when shit like Mike Brown, Eric Garner, etc
happened, I wanted to talk about it, and they were like dispassionate psychopaths
discussing these issues... always willing to look to coldly at such issues when they weren't
when the skin color of the victims was different. Plus, other races value their aesthetics
when it comes to people (light skin, straight hair, etc), so it's a slow burning assault
on one's self esteem. Living out here in the Bay, I've noticed it's those token Black
people in those interracial friendships who are steady talking about how they're
"irish, romanian, german, french, asian" everything except Black, but you don't catch
they friends talking about how they're african. These Black folks be havin issues man, lol.
I never got to that point, because I peeped game and started kicking it with Black
folks again. Alotta Black folks out here ain't never known nothin different tho.
It's like insecurity about their own race is so normal to them that they don't even see it.

>I did wonder how muted some issues were amongst the groups,
>like I wondered if there was just many things that weren't
>touched and how those untouched things may be missed
>opportunities for growth and (national) healing


Yeah.. this is what I was talking about above. In those kinds of circles, it's always
the Black person bending and compromising or just trying to disappear altogether, racially.
You need your own community of like faces and minds, especially as a Black person
in America. It's imperative.

The lady who wrote this article gets it, but I'm not sure she realizes it's because she
doesn't have a community of Black people at work or home... but especially home:
http://www.salon.com/2015/01/20/im_tired_of_suppressing_myself_to_get_along_with_white_people/

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>Yeah.. this is what I was talking about above. In those kinds
>of circles, it's always
>the Black person bending and compromising or just trying to
>disappear altogether, racially.
>You need your own community of like faces and minds,
>especially as a Black person
>in America. It's imperative.
>
>The lady who wrote this article gets it, but I'm not sure she
>realizes it's because she
>doesn't have a community of Black people at work or home...
>but especially home:
>http://www.salon.com/2015/01/20/im_tired_of_suppressing_myself_to_get_along_with_white_people/
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he has all White and few Asian friends, like NO Blk friends and he is really uncomfortable talking about racial issues, and his parents are very Pro Blk, like very. and he gets annoyed by even the slightest convo about race. ive hung with him and his friends and they are a good group of guys but i just feel like if i wasnt in his life he would have no Blk friendships beyond his parents (and shit im family too so, but at least we are around the same age)

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the core group is latino, asian, and black
the extended group has some white folks

i took a date to a house party-ish function at a friends house and he was like 'damn y'all multicultural as hell!'

we are. it's great. it's just a group of chill ass folks.

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fuck you.

Our combined friendship network looks like a Benetton advert...

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Being real, all the groups I hang out with are on some lightweight UN. I hang with all 1 race group probably once every 3 years. I am the token blackjew in every group.

we keep it moving,

I'm black/mexican
the lady friend is black/thai
My friends are
Ghanaian
Mexican/Ecuadorian/Italian
Mexican
African American
French Liberian
Costa Rican
Indian
South African
Ethiopian
Mexican/White
Guatemalan/White
Black/Mexican
Native/Mexican
Puerto Rican/Panamanian
Native/Puerto Rican
Vietnamese

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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."

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...there were only 15 black folks in my class in high school, and I went to UCLA, so my crews were very diverse.....

...my gay crew (s) are all black tho, and they will stay that way.....

I got several interracial friends groups here and on the west coast, but also a couple of crews that are mostly black and I'm the lone Asian.

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Nigerians/Nigerian-Americans and lesbians.

I don't have ONE Nigerian girlfriend. And only really "know" two lesbians well. Well, 1.5 when this one decides every other month that she'll give men a try (again).

But yeah, my group's pretty diverse.

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Negro Colored and Black

Kenyan (Kikamba and Luo)
Nigerian (Yorubo and Igbo)
Ghanaian (Akan
Senegalese (Wolof and Fulani)


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huh

That's just as wonderful!

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i mean in hs there were a few cool yt boys and a chinese dude i know
because we played football and all that

but that was 20 yrs ago

as an adult...i have 0 true friends of another race

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Coolin...

the oldest & closest one is interracial (black, south asian, east asian). i have a couple of less close friendship groups which are majority white, with usually me + 1 other other minority, whether black or asian.

well my main group of friends from school. Mexican, white, black, filipino, Korean, and Puerto Rican. But I have noticed the people I have met later in life. Mostly parents of my sons teammates. Have been all white. I guess that's what happens when you like around all white people.

November 8th, 2005 The greatest night in the history of GD!

none my circles really clash

when I'm doin hoodrat shyt, hoopin, bar hoppin, and clubbin its nothing but nyggas

when I'm goin to car shows and street races I'm with my vatos and I'm usually the only black dude

when I go to backpack'ish rap shows, gun range or the casino I'm with my honkys and usually the only black dude

my closest friends have always been black tho

never really had an mixture











but im banned tho.
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and it warms my heart.

there's two white boys and a white girl, a black boy, a black girl in a hijab, a girl who appears to be indian, and what appears to be a korean boy and a filipino girl.

and EVERY morning when i drive past their school bus stop they are ALL talking to each other and laughing.

first time i saw that? gave me a sliver of hope for the future of humanity.

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stand ur ground, believe in urself,
believe in love, prepare urself for love, remove the negativity from ur life, and accept the love u kno u deserve

my agenda is too dark to feign interest in doing what it would take to cultivate a lasting and even semi-meaningful friendship or acquaintance with anyone outside of the diaspora.

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be it my family, my creative friends, or organizing circle

outside of a couple of circles I've never really rocked with one racial group