Black or African-American?

mousepod · 04-26-2007, 08:54 AM

Good point, iSm. I've been putting together the Song of the South episode of the MousePod, and to prepare, I've been reading many threads on various boards and listening to other podcasts (there were two SotS "Zip-a-dee-doo-pods"). The conversation about the controversy surrounding the movie is similar to this thread - a bunch of mostly well-meaning, mostly white folks talking about what black people might find offensive. I decided to include some first-hand perspectives from black people, and I realized that while that a great percentage of my work associates are black, I currently don't have any black friends. I'm not sure if it has to do with common interests - I do know that it feels odd...

Alex · 04-26-2007, 09:57 AM

I don't have any black friends, but I do'nt particularly care that I do'nt have any black friends. I don't have any Canadian friends either. Nor Arabic.

I have very few friends (less than a dozen, I'd say) but I've accumulated them randomly and they are what they are.

When I first started this reply I actually began with "all my friends are white as well" but then I realized "no...Lani's Asian." And then, "no...Shannon's Puerto Rican." and then "no...Kevin's Pacific Islander (Hawaiian)" and "of course, Paola's Mexican" and so on. While none are black, my circle of friends is actually pretty diverse but their race is so far down the list of relevant characteristics I don't think I'd ever noticed before just how diverse it is.

What categories go into having a properly diverse circle of friends. Is Stas, my guy from from Russia diverse or just white?

04-26-2007, 08:54 AM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Good point, iSm. I've been putting together the Song of the South episode of the MousePod, and to prepare, I've been reading many threads on various boards and listening to other podcasts (there were two SotS "Zip-a-dee-doo-pods"). The conversation about the controversy surrounding the movie is similar to this thread - a bunch of mostly well-meaning, mostly white folks talking about what black people might find offensive. I decided to include some first-hand perspectives from black people, and I realized that while that a great percentage of my work associates are black, I currently don't have any black friends. I'm not sure if it has to do with common interests - I do know that it feels odd... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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04-26-2007, 09:57 AM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I don't have any black friends, but I do'nt particularly care that I do'nt have any black friends. I don't have any Canadian friends either. Nor Arabic. I have very few friends (less than a dozen, I'd say) but I've accumulated them randomly and they are what they are. When I first started this reply I actually began with "all my friends are white as well" but then I realized "no...Lani's Asian." And then, "no...Shannon's Puerto Rican." and then "no...Kevin's Pacific Islander (Hawaiian)" and "of course, Paola's Mexican" and so on. While none are black, my circle of friends is actually pretty diverse but their race is so far down the list of relevant characteristics I don't think I'd ever noticed before just how diverse it is. What categories go into having a properly diverse circle of friends. Is Stas, my guy from from Russia diverse or just white?
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