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Skittles

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9. I asked an ex a long time ago

Reply to Voice for Peace (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 02:23 AM

Sep 2014

Last edited Wed Sep 3, 2014, 04:19 PM - Edit history (2)

to try to explain to me why he was bothered by a mixed race couple in the neighborhood - a black man with a white woman - I really wanted to know because until then I had seen no signs of overt racism in him - he told me, "I KNOW this sounds ridiculous but, it feels like "they" are taking "our" women" - yup

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"White Republicans (81 percent) are no different from white Democrats (78 percent) ..... [View all] kwassa Sep 2014 OP

this, as other polls, only represent those surveyed nt msongs Sep 2014 #1

What is your point? kwassa Sep 2014 #2

Because no poll that presents findings ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #14

Good thing I didnt post that poll, I would be gone by now randys1 Sep 2014 #31

No, this survey was a nationally representative probability sample Gormy Cuss Sep 2014 #29

There's a big difference between "friends & acquaintances" n/t jaysunb Sep 2014 #3

Explain. kwassa Sep 2014 #4

People sometimes equate their professional and casual acquaintance's jaysunb Sep 2014 #5

The survey doesn't speak to "friendships" ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #15

and I am fascinated by the thread whose subtitle should be "But I have black friends!" Number23 Sep 2014 #6

here it is .... kwassa Sep 2014 #24

Do you think that non-whites -- people of color -- have a more racially varied circle of friends JDPriestly Sep 2014 #7

this Voice for Peace Sep 2014 #8

I asked an ex a long time ago Skittles Sep 2014 #9

And the reality is JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #11

I'm not really sure Skittles Sep 2014 #23

I don't know. I just don't understand it. JDPriestly Sep 2014 #10

It was a dodge deflect and defer JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #13

I, still, remember the locker room verse ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #17

Oh god JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #18

Anecdotally, I would say "Yes" ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #16

In the spirit of the thread JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #12

On a better than monthly basis ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #19

Sounds like Dante forgot to mention a level Number23 Sep 2014 #25

It's all about one's approach and grounding ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #26

excellent example heaven05 Sep 2014 #21

heaven JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #22

no surprise, ever heaven05 Sep 2014 #20

I suspect those Westerners with nonwhite members of their social networks carolinayellowdog Sep 2014 #27

My Maryland interracial marriage is in the South, according to this map ... kwassa Sep 2014 #28

the zone of highest frequency runs from MD all the way through VA into northern NC carolinayellowdog Sep 2014 #30