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Should there have been a black "Friend"?


If it were made today there would have been.

Blacks are about 13% of the American population. One sixth is about 17%.

It seems only logical one of them would have been black. So why not?

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Now it would be white, black, "oriental" (Asian), Indian (Asian), Hispanic, and the token trans (pick a race).

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Yeah.
Cannot watch a show without muh inclusion, nowadays.

Monty Python wouldn't exist.
Seinfeld, Friends wouldn't be made.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, couldn't happen.

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AWWW...THE DICKHEAD TIME MACHINE ARGUMENT...VERY WELL PLAYED FOR SUCH LIMITED MENTAL CAPACITY.

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You can press the button "Caps Lock" to stop writing all capitals.

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I AM aware ...I JUST DON'T WANT TO...PEOPLE UNABLE TO GET PAST IT REVEAL THEMSELVES AS ONE DIMENSIONAL AND NOT WORTH MY TIME.🥒

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The trans would be a biological white male dressed as a woman. Woke can't emasculate non-white males.

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Or if it were a non white they would make them super cool or tough etc

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You forgot to have a Native American as a friend.
As if that would be so bad even if that was the cast. Certainly not worth crying an ocean over it.
I can see an episode where Joey fucked the trans woman and wakes up Chandler in the middle of the night telling him "i feel all confused inside and wondering if I might be....you know..." and Chandler says "Go to sleep Joe" with the corny canned laughter.

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Nah, I like to think of this being made before the TV and Movie makers got boring. Regardless of demographics it is very possible to have a group of friends who are the same skin colour.

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There was a black woman who Ross and Joey fought for (Not the really smart one) who was not attractive at all even though they kept saying how hot she was. They lied. The one they helped with moving.

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They do that a lot on tv I've noticed. Try and convince you someone is hot when they aren't.

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You don't think Gabrielle Union is hot? Maybe you're gay.

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Projection?

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Aisha Tyler. You don’t think she’s attractive?

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Come to think of it these six friends are all quite dysfunctional, would a mixed or all non white cast really be progressive?

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That's true. They could still be milquetoast neoliberals or conservatives while being a mixed race cast.
Look at the Cubans in the U.S.

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true today like all shows have mixed couples wonder who it would have been

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I would be OK with a black friend.

But, there would certainly be people that would cry about it for days...weeks...months...possibly years.

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As witnessed by the angry white males on this thread who believe it's a taboo subject. You're racebaiting! Lol.

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Are you a straight white male?
What's your inter-sectional description of yourself?

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Queer white male. And my partner is South Asian.

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So you are a queer white male going out with a queer yellow male? Congrats to you two for having forced diversity in your relationship.

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He's not yellow. He's Dravidian. Dude, you asked "inter-sectional". I'm not even sure what that means. I think it's a couch.

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You are black and trying to trick people into race-bating aren't you

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Is it illogical that all of them are white?

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Just a smidge.

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No, it isn't.

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Not at all. Many people usually keep their closest friends within their own demographic.

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