I'm going to need to see pics of him kissing his boyfriend while wearing a yarmulke before I believe you.

What i've learned from college is that white people can live their entire lives without interacting with a person of color. I have literally been that first black person that some white people have ever met. I think it stems from small town America. Most small rural towns are 75-90% white and most of those people…

There are other races besides black and white. Altogether they make up almost 50% of the population.

I have a black gay Jewish friend, so...

I do not have a problem with a white person not having black friends, my problem arise when those people who do not have a black friend have ignorant views of Black people. I had college suite mates that lived in all-white, small towns. These ladies treat me better than white people who have, "black friends" or have…

I wouldn't really blame any one person specifically for these circumstances, certainly not a 17-year-old kid who had no say in where s/he grew up. Segregation is clearly a social ill above all else.

Ive noticed that a lot of white parents, even self proclaimed liberal ones, dont like the idea of either living in a majority not white neighborhood or having their kids go schools with larger populations of either African Americans or Latinos. Ive met white parents who told me (a black person) to my face that "they…

Ha ... At a party attended by a friend's (racist) friend I overheard her try to smooth out a race-related kerfluffle by saying that we were friends. Cuz' I'm black see? Without even thinking about it I shouted over "We're not actually friends and she says racist shit all of the time" and then went back to my…

I also wonder what the definition of "friend" is here. Is it someone you hang out with regularly and someone you'd help move a couch for? Or does this 40% not even have a black friend they see every so often and whose Facebook updates they generally enjoy?

If someone called me a racist, I'd let that person think I was a racist rather than use my black friend as proof otherwise. It seems fucking disrespectful.

This is interesting given people defending the all-white first season of Girls because it was highly likely that the hipster set would be that way. Not saying that that justified it, but does give it a little more context.

This reminds me of my freshman year of college in Chicago. One of the gals in my dorm was from like, East Bumblefuck, Ohio or something, and the first time she took public transit, she was literally STUNNED to see a black person in real life.

The percentage of white people without black friends is presumably higher than 40%, because the 40% figure was for whites without non-white friends of any kind.

I have white acquaintances who consider me their black friend. I know that many of them see me as an exception to whatever preconceived notions they have of black people. Conversely I also know white people who claim no black friends who are very racially tolerant. Having friends of another race is not an indication…

Black lady here, we can actually be pretty elusive. We can be pretty hard to find if you live in corn country.

Carl is very real, thank you very much!

Those 40 percent obviously don't see color. They are post-racial, colorblind and also voted for Obama. Stop making it about race and color, you are the real racist and my Black bestfriends Jamal and La-sha agree with me.

Of course, there's no way to measure this, but I wonder how many of the "friends of color" actually KNOW they're some white person's super special pal. "What? Ben R. says I'm his friend? What the hell, we worked together in the campus coffeeshop eight years ago. Then he sent me one Christmas card, right after…

I laughed so goddamned hard at the title of this piece. I could just HEAR Crissle saying "Stop playing. You know you lying." accompanied by some major side-eye.

Honestly from where I'm sitting it feels like at least 40% of white Americans are still at the point of happily admitting they don't have any black friends.