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I think this....
There are differences in culture between blacks & whites & hispanics etc. When a church is predominately black, predominately white, predominately hispanic etc then that church more truly reflects the culture of that group.
Now there should be no qualms whatsoever when anyone from another race comes to our churches. If you have a negative feeling when you see someone from another race come into your church then you might want to do a little soul searching.
But to say that it is a "racist" thing for there to be a predominately black church, predominately white church etc is to "pre"judge the situation. (And isn't that the definition of prejudice?)
Blacks may have a church that is predominately their race because they want to worship in the fashion that is most reflective of who they are as a person. They same may go for hispanics, asians, whites etc.
That, in and of itself, is not a problem and does not necessarily denote racism.
The problem comes in when someone from another race walks into your church and you have a problem with that.
For there to be a "black" church and a "white" church in town is not necessarily a sign of racism. It could be no more than a sign of people of varying cultural makeups gathering together with people of like precious faith and who have similar worship styles.
To want churches to combine just because one doesn't like the "segregation" that they think they see is to force 2 distinct cultures to combine and, possibly in the end, lose the uniqueness of both.
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