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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds
No, I don't think so. Because there is a larger white population, it is assumed that you are referring to a white when you say "my friend". If you were in an area where the majority of people were black, you would use white in the same context.
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If that was the case than people who aren't white wouldn't feel the need to say "my white friend", and white people I know from neighborhoods made up primarily of minorities wouldn't feel the need to say "my black/spanish friend".
I'm not saying they are racist for saying something like that but I think it's an interesting observation of the sub-conscious.