So of course, there was a lot of mixed marriages. Which of course is fine.
Back in the early 70's there were marriages between the spanish and the blacks and the whites and the spanish in the congregations but it was a rare thing to see a black and white marriage in the congregations, And in BB, there were zero black and white marriages until the late 1970's and then one or two at max but years later is was common.
You want to get mugged or beat up? All you needed to do was to walk through a black neighborhood, especially at night being white. But a watchtower magazine was better than a weapon. You want to see people flee from you, let them think you are going to pull out the w and a magazines and ask for a dime contribution.
As a white kid preaching to blacks in the most dangerous neighborhoods in NYC, as long as I was brandishing the mags, I never had a problem, and not only that, blacks were more friendlier and more receptive than whites in white neighborhoods where whites hatefully kicked you out and all the more if you were accompanied by a black jw. And as NewBoy says,the black bros and sis were the best.
There was a feeling that one felt: the smell of the green soap at the home and a mixture of paper and ink and glue at the factory -gave the factory a characteristic smell. And it felt like being at bethel. But back then, although institution living went at fast pace, life was simpler in that era and time seemed to move at a slower pace. And although one was busy with the Cong and wt work, females -marrying a nice specimen hopefully soon- was more than often in the minds of celibate bethelites but they were an extremely rare specimen in the local Cong.