One of my best friends grew up in the South in a very segregated small town. He remembers when he had to go to the "black" congregation and the rest
of the JW's met at the "white" congregation. This is something the WTS doesn't remind their members of. When I went to Pioneer Service School, the DO ( who
is black) was instructing on "nuetrality." He gets to the part of segregation. The Illuminators Book and the DO were quite adamant that if the law of the land were
"blacks over here" and "whites over there", then the Org. would comply. He was peppered by more than a few younger people in the class with questions
about fairness, justice, etc... It seemed very incongrous to me to preach that we are all brothers, to beat our chests about how we treat all men equally because all
men are equal in God's sight, and yet make a calculated, politically EXPEDIENT decision to publicly treat others differently based on race so as not to rock the boat of
whatever country you live in. That was one more crack in the permafrost of my JW indoctrinated brain.
THE WTS does, not what is right, but what is expedient.
My friend mentioned above, a long time elder, let's NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, put Dr. King down.
Thanks for your posts, Newboy.
Zack
