How does race play a role in close friendships? NPR’s Code Switch team and member station WNYC’s Death Sex and Money podcast tackle this question.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Think about your closest friends for a moment, and ask yourself what they have in common. For most Americans, most of their friends are of the same race as they are. White Americans are the most racially isolated in this way, but other groups are nearly as isolated. So why does that happen? NPR’s Code Switch podcast teamed up with WNYC’s Death, Sex & Money podcast to find out. Anna Sale from Death, Sex & Money and Shereen Marisol Meraji from Code Switch joined our own Noel King for this conversation. And Anna Sale asked listeners to tell her about a time when race became a factor in friendships.
ANNA SALE, BYLINE: First of all, I want to say there were a lot of stories about misunderstandings and conflicts that just festered – that something had happened. There was a feeling…
