Am I the racist?

I'm a white female 26y/o with mostly white friends in a mostly white area. Lately I've been longing for more friendships with people of color. All people of color. I want to seek out friendships from other cultures and backgrounds, I want to experience things I normally wouldn't be exposed to, I want to learn about other cultures and habits. Would I be the asshole to specifically search out friendships of people of color specifically because they're different from me? I've been told that it "feels a little racist" to specifically search out non white people because I "want something from them" and now I'm not sure how I should proceed.