Racism In The Organization (page 3)

Gopher

ColdRedRain --

BTW Goph, I hope I'm not wrong, but if I'm wrong, I'll delete this. Didn't your parents do the same whining when you were sort of going out with Sh*********?

Yes, but they were more subtle about it back in the 80's. A little later, they got more explicit in their racism.

I've come to believe that the best way to look at it is -- there's only one race, the HUMAN race. Every difference between nationalities is trivial. It doesn't have to make anyone unable to communicate, form friendships or relationships. If you limit yourself to people exactly like yourself, how will you ever grow?

Pleasuredome

white/europeein
not comfortable with this ~~slur~~ term

it's ok 'cos you've got not only white/europeein, but black/europeein, asian/europeein, latin/europeein and welsh/europeein. mind you, saying that, the semitic race is european, so i guess 40's comment is outrageously anti-semitic and possibly an act of terrorism under Under Section 802 of the 2001 USA Patriot Act.

got my forty homey?

Spelling error-European!

Country Girl

I never thought racism existed in our congregation at all, which was just all jumbled up. The younger kids all hung together, no matter what the race. It might have existed, but I just didn't know about it. No one said anything about it. It was a pretty mixed up (racially and mentally, that is) group. I *did* notice, however, that the white JW girls that had been dating either black guys, or mixed guys, ended up marrying white guys. I just always hung out with all the kids, and didn't care what race they were. It was my Father that was bothered by it, even though he was't JW! He still gets aggravated now with my JW mom for hanging out with different races.. heheheh. Oh well, his personal preference I spose.

When we were little kids, my Mother had a best friend that was black from the hall. She six kids like my Mother did. About all the same ages. My little brother told one of the little kids, they were both about two, "You're black." The kid looked at his arm and said "I am?!": his eyes all wide in amazement. HAHHAHAH.. kids are amazingly color blind!

CG

got my forty homey?

All I know is that when A branch office is opened in Africa, or Latin America, or even Peurto Rico the branch oveeseer is always a white man, of or European descent! Why can't a person where the branch office is being opened at be picked to OVERSEER it.

Its my observation, so arrest me under the Patriot act!

talesin

homey

This is not surprising, it is, after all, a book-publishing company.

So they fit right in with the rest of the world power structure.

*controlled by powerful white men*

t

BONEZZ

Farkle,

Rutherford liked to have black members sell his books as he considered them to be docile and below average in intellect, i.e. "easily teachable." The WTS even published an article about a black man who, after become a cult member, gradually began to turn white!

So the ol' drunk really was a prophet...publishing an article about Michael Jackson that many years before.

-BONEZZ

Badger

((((Sassy))))

Like the old saying: "a conservative is a liberal who's been robbed"

The org paints such an Idealistic picture...they preach the racial harmony line really strongly. And why not? a lot of us were attracted by the possibility of perfection and an ideal life

Yet, we've seen signs that hit at our idealism...brotherhood is gossip, questioning is ignorance, diversity is weakness, change is istability...which is why we left.

In my old hall, I was given disapproving clucks by one S.O. when I talked admiringly about a sister from a nearby congo that was black and very, very pretty. His response:

"You'd marry a black girl?"

Me: "I didn't say anything about marriage...I just thought that she was quite pretty, bright and very nice."

He: "I just can't imagine a mixed marriage."

Me: "Why not?"

He: "I'm worried about what the kids will have to go through."

Me: "What, from people like you?"

I'm mixed White and Native, BTW...all of my dates are interracial. He and I never got along.

Badger

Also:

I'm not sure if the fact that GB and branch officials are white is so much indicative of racism as it is cultural chauvanism..."This is a Western Religion, and only Westerners know how to run it."

Gopher

He: "I just can't imagine a mixed marriage."
Me: "Why not?"
He: "I'm worried about what the kids will have to go through."
Me: "What, from people like you?"

This "falsely sympathetic" approach is pathetic. My parents tried that on me too, with the variation -- they were worried about what I and any children would have to go through.

As it turns out, THEY (my parents) were almost the only people who caused me trouble regarding the race issue and my first marriage (which ended for non-race-related reasons).

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