"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Ok, maybe I misread you? That sort of segregation is breaking down
> fast now. I can tell you that the little party here 6 August is
> totally mixed. We have 3 things in common. We are friends, we live in
> walking distance, and we are foodies who cook. THe rest is more about
> me having a bigger house with 2 big TV's, 2 small ones and wifi (so we
> can spread out the kids from the adults and so on).
>
> LOL, I was told I have to make Lumpia as Sara's MIL just got to the
> states from the Philippenes (still studying English but Sara's husband
> will translate) and Aya can teach me to make a neater wrap (mine taste
> fine but I haven't quite the hang of a pretty wrapper).

That may be the case where you are, but here, the segregation is starting.
It wasn't that way when me moved here except perhaps for specific areas such
as the International district in Seattle. But out here in the suburbs, some
people who are not white are wanting to stick with their own and are making
it clear that we white people don't matter.