Ask Code Switch: What About Your Friends?

Death, Sex & Money

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🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Your stories about race and friendship brought up a lot of questions. Our friends at NPR's Code Switch podcast have some answers. And if you missed it, make sure you check out our episode right before this one, called "Between Friends: Your Stories About Race and Friendship." Plus, take our survey to examine how race plays into your own friendships, at deathsexmoney.org/friendship. Sign up for our newsletter by going to deathsexmoney.org/newsletter, and every Wednesday we'll send you behind-the-scenes updates, podcast listening recommendations, and some pretty incredible listener letters from our inbox. Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @deathsexmoney. Got a story to share? Email us any time at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Anna. This week on the show, we are thinking about race and friendship.
0:05.2	Yesterday, we released an episode with your stories about the moments when race became a flashpoint in a friendship
0:11.5	and what happened after.
0:13.4	We're doing this in collaboration with NPR's Code Switch Podcast, and this week they put out their
0:18.4	own episode about race and friendship.
0:20.8	It includes expert perspectives on why our friend groups tend to be made up of people who look like us,
0:26.0	and advice for their listeners about the uncomfortable racial dynamics they've encountered in their own friendships.
0:32.0	It's a really good episode, and we're excited to share it with us. they've encountered in their own friendships.
0:32.8	It's a really good episode and we're excited to share it with you today.
0:36.2	After you listen, go to deathsex money.org
0:39.4	slash friendship to take a survey about the racial makeup of your friendships and compare your results to other people's
0:46.1	responses. You can even break down those results by different variables, race, age, education,
0:52.0	region, income to really dig in.
0:54.0	Again, that's all at Death Sex Money.org
0:57.0	slash Friendship.
0:59.0	And if you missed it, make sure you take a listen to our episode with your stories about race and friendship.
1:04.5	It's called Between Friends.
1:06.3	And it's different than this one.
1:07.6	And together, these are a really good and important listen.
1:11.0	So check them both out.
1:12.4	Okay, here's code switch.
1:14.0	If this friendship existed in a vacuum, this would be perfect.
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