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Sticking together

For some non-whites, socializing means making a choice

Venus Taylor, second from right, with her husband Hycel, out with friends at Limoncello restaurant in the North End (Globe Staff / Jonathan Wiggs) "We love being with black folks. We love what we share [with them] culturally, but philosophically, we don't share a lot. Then we have a foot in the white world, where all of our beliefs are [supported] -- the home schooling, the food -- but it lacks the cultural aspect." -- Venus Taylor, second from right, with her husband Hycel, out with friends at Limoncello restaurant in the North End
By Vanessa E. Jones
Globe Staff / August 17, 2005

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Third in a series of occasional articles about blacks and Latinos living in metro Boston. (Full article: 2112 words)

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