[Eirene_DGP]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ChaosDST
[B]Cultural similarities bring people together. However, there are whites who enjoy worshipping in Black churches and vice versa. Similarly, there are blacks students who find that they have more in common with the white students and sit with them in the cafeteria.
People flock towards those who look most like them and share similar interests. There are brave souls who go outside of their own comfort level, defy their own friends, to befriend and interact with those of another race.
To specifially look at these instances of segregation (the prom, church, etc.) overlooks WHY these instances come about. People claim to be appalled, but in our own little ways, we perpetuate this. Forced integration is only a bandaid for the problem, there is no cure. But, these kids learned from the adults in America. So, let's not be surprised that the next generation has already learned about America's problem with race and how to keep the problem going.



Amen ChaosDST!!!