Do You Have a Black Friend?

On Saturday the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards are taking place at the Dolby Theater which got us thinking, with it being Black History Month and all about how far we've come as far as bringing people together goes. We did this back in 2015 and the results weren’t great, so we’ve done it again to see if we’re headed in the right direction. We went out onto Hollywood Boulevard to ask pedestrians of the Caucasian variety “Do you have a Black friend?”

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[lorainabaker]

If you can’t remember the names of your “friends, ” they’re clearly not your friend. 😂

[loomonda]

The question was "do you have a black FRIEND", not "do you know a black person" lmao

[AmandaTitus]

Some people were apparently loose with the definition of “friend” lol

[LyrixNChill]

“Friend” has so many meanings. Sometimes I feel I have no real friends, but am friendly with lots of people.

[RY-xzso]

America is weird. How is it not creepy to be keeping count of how many black people you know?

[NewMessage]

"I have a black friend... you wouldn't know her. She goes to another school."

-Mayan, paraphrased.

[c-light]

I screamed when Steezy said that’s why he spoke like that. Come through with the truth!

[Hdgsgdhsh]

First Lady knew Naoimi Campbell and Mariah’s Carey and went with that 😂😂😂😂

[Animeforeternity]

The audience assumed all the cool people had black friends! 😂

[CanadiansInCarsGettingCocky]

I had a black friend in Canada.
I used to call him on his cell phone, late night when I needed love.
His name is Drake.

[BenAri]

Steezy Kanes random appearance had me deadass laughing so hard 3:15

[eric__esquivel_]

Steezy is really on here, it caught me off guard

[Pasan]

Really want someone to come and say "I don't have any friends".

[aishanicole]

If you can’t remember a person’s name, even if they live somewhere else and you haven’t talked in a long time…… you shouldn’t call them a friend. You don’t even remember their name to begin with😭🤣

[RicoProv]

Watching this made me miss my best friend from first grade who was a Chinese kid named Timothy. As a black man in his 30s, I hope you’re doing well in this life, Tim!

[mzzthang]

😂😂Ain't no way the first lady has black friends first of all why is it taking her long to know how many she has and what their name was she must've only been able to come up with Mariah Carey and Naomi campbell 😂

[NewMessage]

"Mariah"


And she's the best friend she has in her CD rack, too.

[jerzeyguy]

OK the first lady named two black singers.. and then she couldnt think of another singer.. LOL

[leonlawrencez]

What does it mean to be a friend? Seeing someone all the time? Knowing vulnerable things about them? Helping them in times of trouble?

[jolijnb]

''she got tattoos does she have a black friend?'' WTF does that mean. stereotypes