Florida teens and racial divisions

South Florida teens tend to divide up into groups based on race and ethnicity:

For all the region's diversity, the groups that teenagers and young adults socialize with are often not very mixed. Relatively recent and dramatic demographic shifts have also reshaped race relations, splintering what was once a black vs. white issue into one with myriad overlapping, seemingly contradictory pieces.

"That whole interracial white-black thing, that's history, that's not on the front burner anymore," said Marvin Dunn, an associate professor of community psychology at Florida International University.

"It's the Hispanic-black thing. And interethnic tensions. Between African Americans and Haitians, between Haitians and Jamaicans. Between Hispanics who resent Cubans for being too dominant. Wherever this country is going in terms of ethnic evolution, South Florida will get it first."

Human tribalism strikes again.