QOTD-Friday

JenCrabbe13

Happy Friday!!

Do you have a lot of friends that are of a different race than you?

jenhappy

Pretty decent mix.. the town I grew up in was kind of a landing point for immigrant families, so there were a lot of nationalities. What was fun is that because most of the kids my age were the first generation to be born in the US, they had a lot of customs/traditions from their parents' countries that I got to see. My church actually changed to Vietnamese/English bilingual when I was about 12, which just rocked my socks. Vietnamese Catholicism is way cooler. haha

ashleemw

In high school, I grew up in a very WASP-y area, however my immediate tight group of friends consisted of a Taiwanese girl, a Jewish/Mexican girl, a half Jewish girl, a black guy, my 'gay boyfriend' and me. I was the minority in the group! 

Then in college, I went to a small, private Lutheran school in NC, and it was all white, Christian girls - much different!  

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It is a good mix. It was not as mixed growing up.

Madisen

Growing up moreso than now.  I grew up in the melting pot that is l.a. and went to private schools that were still accessible to having a diverse ethnic mix.  Since then I have gravitated more to people with latin backgrounds or are white...not by design or on purpose.  That's just what I tally now that I'm going through my close friends in my head.

Mrs_W_Pookie

No, not really.  Not intentionally or anything, I just don't get out much these days

jodippls

Not really, mostly because I haven't had the opportunity. In Brewton growing up we had white kids and African American kids. There really wasn't much else. Then I was as culturally diverse as I could be. Now, I have a Japanese friend and mostly white friends.

Kristin&Kelly09

Growing up I had a lot more friends of different races than I do now.  I grew up an Army brat and moving every 2.5 year exposed me to a ton of different people and cultures.

ETA: DH grew up in Idaho and was 10 years old before he met someone who was black.  I found this really strange when he told me that.

jacmdb

Now no. When I lived in Maryland, yes.

jacmdb

Kristin&Kelly09:

ETA: DH grew up in Idaho and was 10 years old before he met someone who was black.  I found this really strange when he told me that.

I was born in a very small town in PA... think one red light small. I did not meet anyone of a diffrent race until we moved to MD in the 3rd grade.

duncanpowers

Growing up, yes. Now, not as much. Like pp, I don't get out much. You guys are pretty much my peer group, and DH has a set of friends that are all WASC, which is pretty par for the course for Massachusetts.

Kristin&Adam

I did growing up, I was a Navy brat and like Kristin, we moved every few years and I was exposed to a lot of different races and religions. 

Now, I just don't get out much.  Several of my co-workers are Indian and I interact with them daily, obviously, but most (not all) of our friends are caucausian.. not sure why, no reason, just worked out that way.