tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post2973163663422150074..comments2023-10-22T17:09:55.135-04:00Comments on HR BlogVOCATE: Many Americans Have No Friends of Other Races, Poll RevealsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10382703244406413369noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post-24185890749483677012018-11-29T18:07:09.188-05:002018-11-29T18:07:09.188-05:00Perhaps it is that those people are not friends to...Perhaps it is that those people are not friends to white people and correctly perceive the friendship as fair weather and thus not a real friendship. It is a very disinterested world out there. People only care about you so long as you have something for them. When you run out, bu-bye. What kind of world is it becoming where someone is entitled to friendship status by simply being recognizable or their name is available, without having to do anything to actually be a friend. Think about that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post-78361384789253822042013-08-14T09:12:53.764-04:002013-08-14T09:12:53.764-04:00Hello, Anon. I can't agree. The poll takers do...Hello, Anon. I can't agree. The poll takers don't have anyone of another race whom they self-identify as a friend, regardless of their definition of "friend." That's meaningful. <br /><br />Granted, the poll results fit within my experience of the world, so I could be biased. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382703244406413369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post-74216406404648849282013-08-14T01:26:08.045-04:002013-08-14T01:26:08.045-04:00"And even though many neighborhoods and churc..."And even though many neighborhoods and churches remain segregated, most workplaces contain some diversity. Depending on the industry and the location maybe not a whole lot, but some. And so this poll tells me that folks have to almost go out of their way to remain surrounded by people who look like them."<br /><br />The workplace doesn't necessarily have anything to do with friends. People can have perfectly acceptable relations with others at work but not invite them over for dinner or invite them to a wedding and call them a friend. So this poll doesn't really actually say anything about people remaining surrounded by people who look like them. It doesn't say anything about who people are surrounded by. It only says something about who they consider to be friends, and even that doesn't mean much, since what exactly "friend" means is pretty vague. All in all, a pretty useless poll that serves more to give people numbers to throw around than to inform anyone of anything real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post-29459326747249979222013-08-12T12:41:12.637-04:002013-08-12T12:41:12.637-04:00You can look at the numbers and say look how far w...You can look at the numbers and say look how far we have come. Forty percent is a minority. The truth is we have more in common besides race and that is beginning to show up in many places in society. I fellowship where the majority is white but there is a good representation of black and yellow (colors). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post-3778197931515733512013-08-12T11:11:19.064-04:002013-08-12T11:11:19.064-04:00I honestly find it odd and a bit uncultured that p...I honestly find it odd and a bit uncultured that people don't have a more diverse set of friends but rather a premise of their friendship is based on how someone looks. I have always had friends of multiple ethnicities without really giving much thought to the amount of melanin in their skin. We all simply had common interests and lived in the same neighborhood or worked at the same company. I couldn't imagine how dull life would be only socializing with one type of person. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post-34740017531925819342013-08-12T10:25:10.314-04:002013-08-12T10:25:10.314-04:00I gotta say I think it's a little surprising i...I gotta say I think it's a little surprising in this day and age. But more importantly, what are the implications? Can we really have discrimination-free workplaces, for example, if people want to continue to self-segregrate? Cause when it comes right down to it, our preference for being with those "like us" says something about our feelings for the "other," and usually not anything good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382703244406413369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855710257340998367.post-81511272689778148272013-08-12T09:55:23.211-04:002013-08-12T09:55:23.211-04:00i think it continues to show that people feel most...i think it continues to show that people feel most comfortable with those that look and think the same as they do. Not suprising and not racistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com