I work and live in an environment that is predominantly white, and while there's nothing wrong with it, I do wish I had more black friends. Friend to talk about braids and be loud with... Is there an app to make black friends? Sounds absurd to be making friends on an app but I guess this is what life has come down to. Any other ideas for a girl in Boise, Idaho to make some black friends? I do miss Philly! :(

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Oh wow. You're in a whole different world compared to Philly,,, I can imagine it's hard to find many black people there. Why don't you look for some community events in the area?

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Bumble got a friend feature

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Bumble for friends

Boise is rough though I was just telling my husband I was surprised at the college football team this year and they must’ve gave a lot of money to those black athletes to come out there because I’ve been there and just isn’t many of us.

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Try the bumble app bff feature.

Also see if there are any black events or black chapters for certain programs (I.e black in tech, urban league, etc).

Volunteering for boys and girls club or similar programs for “inner city” youth, where they might be other volunteers that are black.

Look out for charity events/parties put on by divine nine fraternities and sororities that are open to the public.

Good luck!

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Be loud?

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This statement gave me pause as well… smh.

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Hi from Philly friennn 😔

Give Bumble BFF a try or search 'black/afro' etc. terms on Eventbrite, Luma, Meetup for your city/state.

The researcher in me just typed 'black meet up boise idaho' into Google. Check out the Facebook group and 2 Reddit threads that should come up in the search and get to DM'ing, the thread starters were seeking connection. I've met a couple ppl off Reddit career related (video calls). Good luck!

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