Networking Event Offers White People The Chance To ‘Come Meet A Black Person’

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Urban Mediamakers, a group of independent black filmmakers and content creators, are hosting a “Come Meet a Black Person” event in #Lawrenceville, GA on Nov. 16. The meet and greet aims to bridge the racial divide in America. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Cheryle Moses, founder of Urban MediaMakers, created the event after reading a 2013 study from the Public Religion Research Institute that found that 75 percent of white people in America do not have friends of color. According to #CNN, it also showed that most white people have a friend group that is around 91 percent white. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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“In the black community we know of white people who don’t have a lot of black friends,” Moses reported to CNN. “But still, seeing a statistic about it just opened our eyes.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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“It’s a great opportunity to start relationships,” she said. “And if you have a relationship with somebody, you are inclined to treat them like yourself. If you don’t have that relationship, then you’ll only treat them based upon what you may have seen or read somewhere,” Moses continued. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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The event will have giveaways, food, drinks, and a cultural scavenger hunt to help educate attendees about the black community. If it goes well, the organization plans to make it a recurring event in 2018.