OJoe thinks I'm wrong about the whole diversity thing. Well, I'm pretty sure I'm right, and I have devised a scientific test to prove it. I searched through Facebook, looking at the friends of my MO friends, and the friends of my non Jewish and secular friends. And the differences were clear - my secular friends had friends of all types - black, white, Christian, Jewish. My MO friends all had the same MO friends. White, Jewish, MO. And of course UO is even lesss diverse.
But if you still don't believe me, let's do a quiz.
1. Racial Diversity
How many black friends do you have?
a) All my homies bro!
b) One or two
c) I'm kinda friendly with some guys at work
d) I should be friendly with a Shvartze? Are you nuts?
2. Economic Diversity
How many poor or mega wealthy friends do you have?
a) All my friends are poor. We all pay tuition!
b) I only hang out with the crowd who eats glatt kosher while skiing down Macchu Picchu
c) I'm best buds with the homeless guy who lives on the corner of Columbus and 107th.
d) Actually, my shul is the one place where the very rich and very poor can be friends
3. Religious Diversity
a) My best friends are the members of the inter-faith dialogue group I run
b) I hang out occasioanlly with some non Jewish colleagues
c) I chat to my non Jewish neighbors once in a while
d) I debate online with Skeptics / Chareidim
e) Are you asking about Goyim or Reform? Eh, same difference. No way!
4. Orthodox Diversity
a) Some of my best friends are Lubavitchers
b) My circle is very broad - all the way from Centrist MO to RW MO
c) I have some Chareidi relatives whom I occasionally see at family simchas
d) I wouldn't step foot in a Chareidi shul if it was the only minyan in town! (unless I was saying kaddish)
Friday, August 14, 2009
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