I don't have any 'black friends'. I have friends who come in an assortment of skin tones.
But I understand what BQ was getting at, and it isn't just black. People who continually prattle on that, 'Some of my best friends are [enter appropriate ethnicity/religion/geographic origin here]' never seem to be seen in company with members of whatever group is under discussion.
Puts me in mind of the time when someone accused Harlan Ellison of being anti-Semitic. His reply: 'I'm sorry you feel that way - some of my best friends are Jewish. Like my mother. My father. Me.'
Boru
But I understand what BQ was getting at, and it isn't just black. People who continually prattle on that, 'Some of my best friends are [enter appropriate ethnicity/religion/geographic origin here]' never seem to be seen in company with members of whatever group is under discussion.
Puts me in mind of the time when someone accused Harlan Ellison of being anti-Semitic. His reply: 'I'm sorry you feel that way - some of my best friends are Jewish. Like my mother. My father. Me.'
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
