A racial profile of my “friends list” goes something like:
white, white, white, white, philipino, white, white, white, indian, white, white, white, white, taiwanese, white, white, white, etc.
So, vast majority white americans, with a scattering of asian americans, and at least one foreign-born, foreign-resident guy (who lived in the US for awhile, and has a US born & bred life partner), hi
Nope, nope, no echo chamber here. Not that this is in anyway surprising.
I’m curious why you’re compelled to examine that proportion. I guess the question is: what do you seek from LJ? LJ friendships tend to be reciprocal, and I think most people, if their entries contain anything personal at all, want their journal to be a comfort zone and thus filled with familiar elements.
If you turned your friends list into a beautiful census-accurate diverse garden of humanity, my guess is that 85% of the new reading would induce catastrophic boredom, 12% offense to/from Republicans, homophobes, and all-purpose trolls, and maybe 3% genuinely interesting new acquaintances. Also, any attempt to connect with loud and angry black guys who ride mass transit by diversifying your LJ friends list implies the assumption that they have regular internet access and know what a blog is.
5 out of 6
Also, any attempt to connect with loud and angry black guys who ride mass transit by diversifying your LJ friends list implies the assumption that they have regular internet access and know what a blog is.
Let me see, despite my occasional rants I am far from angry, I am Black, I ride mass transit (because I have not learned to drive), I have regular internet access, and I know what a blog is. It remains to be determined if I am “loud”.
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Do you pitch your conversations on public transportation so that your fellow passenger cannot help but eavesdrop? That would probably answer the loud question. Anger has its uses, but I have trouble using it rather than being used by it. Glad to see you are (or were?) subscribing.
This naturally leads into the distinction between racial and cultural diversity. Kinda like immigrants from Africa v the descendents from the slave trade. Or me traveling to Germany. See also “wigger”, “oreo” and “banana”. Cultural openness brings with it new ideas, new approaches, and a host of different alternatives. Racial openness is not judging a book by its cover.
which type am I
I may fall into the catergory of being an “oreo” but that does not discourage me from wanting to share my conversation.
Actually, to public speaking, I often find myself alone. I am the one rider who is reading their book — not just any book — something like a math text or Ancient Greek philosophical dialogue. I only wish I could chat “loud” on the bus to be overheard by other passengers so I can show off how smart I am . 😉
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“the distinction between racial and cultural diversity”
The last cop I talked to told me that the two most frictive roots of violence in Minneapolis right now are: the treatment of recent Somalian immigrants by the permanent Black residents of North Minneapolis, and the treatment of Hmong immigrants by those of Vietnamese descent. And I fear it will be a long time before the suburban moms (assuming they ever learn of it) can comprehend it as anything other than baffling black-on-black or asian-on-asian violence.
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the treatment of Hmong immigrants by those of Vietnamese descent. … baffling … or asian-on-asian violence.
heh.. how many (Asians, even) know of the highland lowland tensions other than in Laos… that the Vietnamese have only recently started to occupy much of what is now politically Vietnam?
mwahahahahah
however, i don’t think it should be implied that the 3% remaining would be all or almost all white 🙂
>and at least one foreign-born, foreign-resident guy (who lived in the US for
>awhile, and has a US born & bred life partner)
make that two… 🙂