Many people have limited experience interacting with other ethnic groups, cultures or segments. Black people become what you’ve seen on the news, movies, or TV shows that have portrayed Blacks as “less than” through headlines or roles cast in. Definitely not the measuring stick I’d use to define the fight and resilience of Black people battling the invisible challenges of racism.

The average white American’s social circle is 91 percent racially homogeneous, compared to about 85 percent for African-Americans (Public Religion Research Institute, 2013).

“Consistent with the literature on social distance, Blacks and whites show the least probability of forming cross-racial friends, although… [more]