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MEANING, blacks and whites from similar socioeconomic backgrounds remain segregated from one another versus being more integrated based on social class and similar experiences. And that's the reality.
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That is not true in all cases. Maybe in a generalized sense, but in specific cases, I think things are becoming much more racially integrated, and the segregation is based on cultural differences not race.
Case in point: at my son's high school, the kids who hang together are
totally racially integrated - the athletes hang with the athletes with no racial divisions that I've seen, and it is like this in each cultural group - the theatre kids run with each other, the dance squad people all hang together, etc.
But, you will not see a "goth" kid or a "druggie", or whatever, hanging with an "athlete" or an "orchestra kid".
This is a high school that is economically homogenous but culturally diverse.
Just an example...