2. New Millennials, according to research data, are much more likely than their baby boomer counterparts to have more genuine friendships with people of other ethnicities.
According to Pew Research: “Millennials (54 percent) in Pew Research’s report on race say at least some of their friends are of a different race. The percentage of white millennials saying they have black friends (56 percent) is about the same as the percentage of black millennials who say they have white friends (55 percent). There is little difference on this question between millennials and Americans ages 30 to 49. But Americans ages 50 and older are considerably less likely to have cross-racial friendships, and this difference is largely the result of fewer older whites having black friends. Just 36 percent of whites ages 50 to 64 and 32 percent of whites ages 65 and older report having at least some black friends.”