Firstly that says of another race, could be arab,persian, Italian, asian, etc... Secondly, no way in hell 60% of america can have a friend from a pool of 14% of America. This is impossible looking at how race groups tend to cluster.
You're right about the precise claim of what I said. But people who've never talked to a black person are disproportionately likely to have not talked to an Asian, Arab, etc. States that have high proportions of non-Black racial minorities tend to have higher proportions of Blacks.
People talk shit or joke about the French, Italians, Germans too, but French and German people are considered white. Same with Poles and Italians.
Those stats you gave did not consider people of Italian or German descent as non-White.
Would it be too personal to ask what she meant? Was she taken for Hispanic, or did people use anti-Italian stereotypes?
http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-...