# Does having a friend or an acquaintance of another race/ethnicity matter?

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Does it really matter?

In race-obsessed America, they say that whites and blacks and Latinos and other groups should make friendships with each other, etc.

Does it matter if a white man only has white friends, a white circle?

Does it matter if a black man only has black friends, a black circle?

Does it really matter?

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