You&#x27;re right, I overplayed the nature of how much of a contributor I am to the community. I&#x27;m not on the block party planning committee for instance. But I spend tens of hours a week during the warmer months just sitting and hanging out with my neighbors. I try to learn a little Spanish which I really enjoy. And we have a lot of fun together.<p>The idea that I only talked with &quot;sales people&quot; prior to this is invalid though. I was actually the minority in my public school when I was growing up.<p>And yes, I do feel as if through sharing experiences with people I&#x27;ve learned how to &quot;be aligned&quot; with people as you say, although I wouldn&#x27;t say that&#x27;s a fair characteristic of how I perceive it.<p>I don&#x27;t particularly feel aligned with any group of people, majority, or minority.<p>But I do recognize the value of shared experiences which give me a stronger cultural background, empathy, a grander perspective and worldview.<p>Of course, imagine if someone judged your entire life from 2 or 3 paragraphs on the internet without knowing said person, their background, experiences, personality, or anything about them?<p>Edit: And in this world - [0] - You&#x27;re damn straight I&#x27;m proud to have such a multicultural group of friends, and experiences. And even though this post indicates otherwise, I don&#x27;t particularly give two shits how anyone misconstrues my post which essentially was trying to say &quot;We should come together, hang out with eachother, and understand and forgive&quot;. Because, apparently I&#x27;m assuming superiority by continuing to hang out with people after I heard they where going to take shit from my house. All I can say is, fuck that.<p>[0] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;wonk&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2014&#x2F;08&#x2F;25&#x2F;three-quarters-of-whites-dont-have-any-non-white-friends&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;wonk&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2014&#x2F;08&#x2F;25&#x2F;three...</a>