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Research has dem- onstrated that friendships reflect  homophily where individuals choose friends who are similar to themselves  on the basis of gender, age, race, social economic status, and sexual  orientation

“Homophily  – the notion that people connect with others who are similar to  themselves – is a basic principle of social relationships (McPherson et  al. 2001). Research has dem- onstrated that friendships reflect  homophily where individuals choose friends who are similar to themselves  on the basis of gender, age, race, social economic status, and sexual  orientation”

Personally I think that my friendships are very diverse. Being a kid  from Hawaii, I have had the pleasure in experiencing a very wide and  diverse crowd of people. I’d like to say Hawaii has almost every race  and social economic status. Having to adapt to the many different  cultures and languages and slang to really understand and bond with  people were very important to survive in Hawaii. One thing about living  here in Hawaii was respect of cultures took you a long way.
I think a  experience that benefited me the most was when living in Bahrain. One  night I had decided to explore the city named Juffair. I had no idea  where I was, and at 18 years old in a foreign country all I cared about  was drinking at a bar. I found myself getting pretty drunk in a local  bar near the gold souq market. One of the taxi cab drivers noticed that I  wasn’t from the area and saw that I should probably go home. Luckily I  was able to comprehend and understand he was asking me if I wanted a  ride home. After that time he took me home I used him as my primary  means of getting around and teaching me more about his culture and the  Arabic language and culture. I found myself struggling alot with  speaking to the women there . This taxi cab driver taught me different  phrases and saying they use in the arabic language. I ended up dating an  arabic woman there because of him .
So shout out to my Habibi for allowing my experience of Bahrain to be completely different than most people.

 

Reference

Galupo, M., & Gonzalez, K. (2013). Friendship Values and  Cross-Category Friendships: Understanding Adult Friendship Patterns  Across Gender, Sexual Orientation and Race. Sex Roles, 68(11–12),  779–790. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-012-0211-x

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