[Naomi G.]

I think it is commendable that you are making a conscious effort to make all of your employees happy. However, being happy in the office, where certain behaviors are expected, is very different from being around these same people socially, where there will be drinking and folks might be acting a little bit more relaxed. Although your black and white employees might work together quite well, they probably know very little about each other outside the office. And while a party might be a good place to begin bridging some of these gaps, in general, blacks and whites live in very different environments. We tend to live in separate neighborhoods, go to separate churches, dance to different music, laugh at different jokes, watch different television programs, etc.

Please don't get me wrong: I don't think that there is such a huge gap between blacks and whites that those differences cannot be bridged, individually. I think that the comfort level between blacks and whites is just very different when it comes to attending office parties.

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Name : Naomi G., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Catholic, Age : 33, City : Clarksville, State : TN Country : United States, Occupation : College professor, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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