Why don't whites have black friends?  America has a long way to
go in bridging the racial divide so more white and black people
can become friends, says Tanner Colby.  Story highlights    • A
recent Reuters poll shows that 40% of white Americans have zero
nonwhite friends   • Tanner Colby: I get asked a lot, "So, how
many black friends do you have now?"   • He says some people see
black friends as things to be acquired to prove one is not
racist   • Colby: Social bonds across the color line are
critical to a truly integrated society   It's a question I get
asked a lot, ever since I set out five years ago to find out why
I, your typical middle-class white person, had no black friends
at all.  I do have black friends now, actually. Several. But I
rarely offer that information when asked, because to ask white
people how many black friends they have is to pose the wrong
question.  Recently, a Reuters poll came out showing that 40% of
white Americans have zero nonwhite friends, and only 20% of
white Americans have