It depends ...in Edmond, Oklahoma, the lodge there once blackballed a friend of mine (who was a white American) because he had a black girlfriend. Next year, another friend of mine (this time an Indian Kenyan ...which is ironic considering what happened the year before) managed to get accepted. The year after that, even after being told that they had become more enlightened (read: less dumb), I decided to approach another lodge. My Indian-Kenyan friend had told me that they had changed, but I couldn’t bring myself to waste time at the particular lodge. I am exceedingly happy where I am.
I will tell you, here in Michigan one of the few things we got going for us is that the Okemos lodge has reached out through out the state. We are best friends with the Detroit lodge and we party often. I have a brother who traveles the state. And when he arrives he looks up a lodge. And when he leaves he is a friend and brother. That IS and what is SHOULD be. PERIOD. Ya, I am a Masonic brother.