I don't have any black friends and I don't know why.

cantdrv55 · 12-20-2008, 09:13 PM

I have Asian friends. I have Caucasian fiends. I have latino friends. I have Indian friends. I have one muslim friend. I don't have any black friends and I don't know why. I think I only know three black guys, two live hundreds of miles away, the third lives in a penitentiary and he was a HS friend. I know no other black people and I live in a very diverse area (SF).

I have a couple of hundred customers and none of them are black which I find really odd. I just don't seem to spend any time in places where there are black people I'd have something in common with. I don't think I'm prejudiced against blacks. As a matter of fact, I think I am at a disadvantage because I don't have any black friends.

Anyone else? Don't flame me, I am being sincere.

fingpilot · 12-20-2008, 09:22 PM

You now have a friend in the White House. He has promised you many things, and will deliver as many as he can any day now.

Do not hold your breath.

Dueller · 12-20-2008, 09:43 PM

Interesting article despite being in GQ. Guy ponders the same question as you and decides to seek out a black friend on Craigslist...

http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_7483

artplumber · 12-20-2008, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cantdrv55

I have Asian friends. I have Caucasian fiends. I have latino friends. I have Indian friends. I have one muslim friend. I don't have any black friends and I don't know why. I think I only know three black guys, two live hundreds of miles away, the third lives in a penitentiary and he was a HS friend. I know no other black people and I live in a very diverse area (SF).

I have a couple of hundred customers and none of them are black which I find really odd. I just don't seem to spend any time in places where there are black people I'd have something in common with. I don't think I'm prejudiced against blacks. As a matter of fact, I think I am at a disadvantage because I don't have any black friends.

Anyone else? Don't flame me, I am being sincere.

Go to Oakland, eat Ethiopian or caribbean food. You'll meet some black folk.

HardDrive · 12-20-2008, 10:17 PM

Middle/Upper class black folks are more common on the east coast, and midwestern citys like Chicago. I run into very few black professionals out here in Seattle, at least as compared to the east.

onlycafe · 12-20-2008, 10:28 PM

go to the next million man march, lots of prospects all in one place. problem solved.

911Rob · 911Rob's Garage

What, are you running a gubmint process of keeping friends?
Jeesh
Who cares what color of skin your friends have.

juanbenae · juanbenae's Garage

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Originally Posted by cantdrv55

I have a couple of hundred customers and none of them are black which I find really odd.

i know your in sales but never thought to ask, what do you sell?

you can imagine me as a man of color if it'd make you feel better. that, or go hang out at AGgie le dAGgis's in East O fer an afternoon, you will become deversified all pronto like i reckon. he is only 20 minutes from you, dont treat it like a million miles..

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Sonic dB · Sonic dB's Garage

"Well Jimmy...maybe it is because you refer to them as your 'Black Friends' and not just your Friends"

-- a message from the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints

(no im not a member)

cantdrv55 · 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by car 311

i know your in sales but never thought to ask, what do you sell?

you can imagine me as a man of color if it'd make you feel better. that, or go hang out at AGgie le dAGgis's in East O fer an afternoon, you will become deversified all pronto like i reckon. he is only 20 minutes from you, dont treat it like a million miles..

t

T$, I sell medical devices.

Are you saying Ag is black?! I thought he's greek, therefore Caucasian?

ruf-porsche · ruf-porsche's Garage

In order to have friends, you need to be a friend.

widgeon13 · 12-21-2008, 02:57 AM

It will happen soon enough.

Speedo959 · 03:18 AM

Are you a chick? No seriously, I think I found a way for you to meet black men and get paid!

IF your not a CHICK.....well it may be that you have been marked for telling white jokes.

URY914 · URY914's Garage

Start selling crack.

onewhippedpuppy · 12-21-2008, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by URY914

Start selling crack.

That was good for coffee out the nose, thanks.

Me thinks you over-analyze, who really cares? Unless you avoid black people altogether, then you need to come to terms with the fact that you really don't like black people.

I never really give it a thought because I don't think of the black friends over the years as being any different than I.

sammyg2 · 12-21-2008, 06:59 AM

LOL, my best friend since the early 70's is black, and he makes me look like a flaming liberal. He's also allot more financially successful than I am. Go figure.

Moses · 12-21-2008, 07:18 AM

Interesting.

I'm from Oakland but I've moved to the East Bay suburbs. One of my close friends is black. When he finds himself in a tight spot, he calls me first. I respect and admire him tremendously, but... despite the fact that both he and his wife are extremely well educated and make their living in the lily white suburbs, his wife insists that they live in Oakland with "their people". Seriously. Culturally, these people are whiter than I am. They are certainly more cultured and refined.

Despite having a close professional relationship and strong friendship, I have never met his wife. She has avoided social invitations for 10 years. I've given up trying to include her. I'll go to ballgames with my friend and spend hours with him at the hospital, but his wife prefers to socialize with "her people". Oh well...

varmint · 12-21-2008, 07:20 AM

years back i started dating this girl from eritrea. she was nice. but it didn't work out. i do not have a preference for blacks. but i've always found that the current girlfriend is the one who introduces me to the next girlfriend. i got in that circle, and five years went by. now people point at me as i walk down the street and whisper "jungle fever".

vash · vash's Garage

dude, you watch oprah....that counts.

ruf-porsche · ruf-porsche's Garage

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Originally Posted by varmint

years back i started dating this girl from eritrea. she was nice. but it didn't work out. i do not have a preference for blacks. but i've always found that the current girlfriend is the one who introduces me to the next girlfriend. i got in that circle, and five years went by. now people point at me as i walk down the street and whisper "jungle fever".

If you were dating an Asian it would be known as the Yoko Ono syndrome.