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[quote=Anonymous]I’m a mid 40s AA woman, and I find that this has happened somewhat organically over time. I grew up going to private schools, and am in a profession that does not have a ton of diversity, so most of my school and work friends have been white women (except in college when I was active in minority organizations and thus had more women of color friends). But as I’ve gotten older I noticed that the friends who became my closest friends, and stayed in contact after we moved on to other jobs, were the women of color. I find that most of my white friends just drifted away or became acquaintances.  It’s interesting because I actually feel more comfortable in a room full of white people I don’t know than a room full of AA people I don’t know (probably b/c it’s just more familiar to me), but for whatever reason most of my white female friends drifted towards other (white) former colleagues and at most keep me on their holiday card list.  I don’t think any of them are racist, but assume perhaps on some level they felt more comfortable or like they had more in common with the other white women who were part of our group. [/quote]

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