All my friends except 1 of them is black. I am a white person.
2007-02-12 06:13:31 · 11 answers · asked by Ashley 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I was on holiday one time and there was a 5 year old white girl who had made friends with a 5 year old black girl, after a while the white girl told everyone who was around that they were twin sisters. It made all of us chuckle but it just shows that it's society which makes some people racist.
If these are your friends it doesn't matter what creed or colour they are, How are you being racial and what is making you ask this question?
2007-02-12 06:25:49 · answer #1 · answered by baroni2486 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not necessarily. Having a diverse group of friends doesn't make you "not racist," and having a homogenuous group of friends doesn't make you "racist." Where you live also has a big influence - if you live in a town that is, for example, 99% white and 1% black, it's statistically unlikely that you will have a lot of black friends.
Racism lies in your views, whether conscious or subconcious. Ask yourself how you came to choose this set of friends, and whether or not you veered away from the black kids at your school when making friends.
Also, do you view your one black friend as "Mary, my black friend," or "Mary, my friend"? Are you perpetually aware of her color, and is that why you chose her as a friend... or was it for her individual personality?
Keep up the self-reflection. Only you can really answer how racist/color-blind you are - and want to become.
2007-02-12 14:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by teresathegreat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think you're being racial. I mean, if you're being yourself and those are your friends, then that's cool. If you're walking around trying to talk & dress like them when you're some white kid from the suburbs, then I think it's offensive. You know, like the White Rapper Show. That show is offensive. And ridiculous. Be friends with who you wanna be friends with but be yourself.
2007-02-12 14:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by momstheword78 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Even if you did not have one black friend,that still does not make you racist.
2007-02-12 15:06:44 · answer #4 · answered by LORD BALTIMORE 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, people make friends within their social settings......
2007-02-12 15:09:33 · answer #5 · answered by Diamond in the Rough 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, unless you intentionally don't want to be friends with people from other backgrounds
2007-02-12 14:16:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
nope
2007-02-12 14:16:40 · answer #7 · answered by ~Ohio State~ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, you're being human.
2007-02-12 14:15:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no
not at all
why do u think so
2007-02-12 14:16:33 · answer #9 · answered by Random Dude 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-02-12 14:16:54 · answer #10 · answered by *<dEzI>* 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋