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I've just always been a part of mixed congregations with a wide variety of ages and where anyone of any race was welcomed and felt comfortable. I could invite friends from school or work to go to church with me without considering their race or that they wouldn't "fit in."

And so, because you ASSUME they would be unwelcome if you brought them, you think it is so??

I'd say that is a reflection of YOUR ideas, rather than the ideas of the Church you were in.

In the South, MANY people attend the SAME church from cradle to grave. It has NOTHING to do with racism. Just like there have been MANY times that I have been the ONLY white boy in a gym full of blacks, it wouldn't bother me ONE BIT to sit down in a church full of Southern blacks. NOT ONE BIT. Of ANY denomination. Including the Evangelical Holiness people. I am SURE they would be among the BEST people you would EVER meet.

I have sat down to eat with black people in all black neighborhoods, and have had black people work for me. I have ALSO worked for black people. And I have also worked beside of them in the fields too.

I think you brought your Washington State impressions of the South with you, when you moved.

If I see ANY racism ANYWHERE, you can bet your sweet ass that I WILL confront it, no matter which way it is directed. (unless it is at Muslims, who have definitely asked for it)

I don't disagree with much that you have stated .. I also know many black folks that are good, kind, caring and loving people

But if you think for one minute that there is not discrimination on either side then you are nuts ..

There are parts of Philly I would not dare go in .. not because they are black .. but because I am white .. and white folks are not welcomed ..