How Race And Racism Affect Our Friendships

Life Kit

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🗓️ 1 February 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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How do race and racism affect our friendships? In this special episode, NPR's Code Switch team and WNYC's Death, Sex & Money podcast answer your questions on race and friendship. Be a good friend and listen.

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0:00.0	Hi there, I'm Allison Aubriep. I host a lot of the health episodes of LifeKit.
0:04.5	We wanted to bring you a special episode from our friends at NPR's Code Switch team.
0:09.4	They answer listener questions about race and friendship.
0:12.9	It's got a lot of insightful information and we thought it would be useful for LifeKit listeners.
0:17.5	Enjoy!
0:19.5	If this friendship existed in a vacuum, this would be perfect.
0:22.4	She said that I segregate my friends and I was like, hmm,
0:26.2	like my friend isn't racist, but she's not anti-racist.
0:29.3	Okay, it's fine that you are hoop earrings and you get your hair braided.
0:31.9	Like, that's not a huge deal, but this is a huge deal.
0:34.3	I don't want her to feel like it's a judgment coming from me necessarily.
0:38.7	I feel like the friendship has deteriorated.
0:45.6	Jane, what's good to me?
0:48.1	A lot of things had to happen in the universe so that you and I could be friends.
0:52.4	Stars had to align, planets had to shift,
0:55.8	and when I say friends, by the way, I don't just mean co-workers.
0:59.1	I mean friends.
1:00.0	Oh, we're a miracle.
1:01.5	We are a miracle.
1:02.8	We do all the friend things.
1:04.2	We text all the time.
1:06.0	We hang out when we're in the same city.
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