Headline:
90% of whites have few or no black friends
OK. The only thing the Guardian did was write the sensational headline. The funniest part, to me, is this paragraph:
The CRE chair, Trevor Phillips, said: “It surprised me the extent to which the majority community still does not really know minority communities.” He said the lack of close knowledge could lead white people to believe lurid tabloid headlines and racist propaganda. “When it comes to race and religion this clearly demonstrates we are dealing with a difference of which most people in this country have no first-hand experience, and therefore it is not surprising that they can be misled about blacks, Gypsies and Muslims, and it’s not surprising that for no apparent reason they can become hostile and racist.”
Mr Phillips said integration could not be left to chance. He believed the government should fund US-style summer camp places for 16-year-olds where they can take part in activities with teenagers they would otherwise not meet: “In Britain we still don’t know each other. We are not like Americans who do know each other but have made an active choice to live in a segregated society.”
Obviously, you’re exactly like that, and you’re just in denial.
People, either consciously or subconsciously, keep to their own unless you live in a major city that is just too close together to be any other way.
Sorry guys… You can’t force people to “understand” each other.