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Weeell, the main reason why my parents and most of my family members go to an all Korean church is because they can only speak Korean. Half my family members have only been in the US for 2 years. So yeah, the language barrier is a pretty big deal. The service is in Korean, the praise songs are in Korean, the lunch served afterward is Korean food.
The Black church is a pretty huge institution within the Black community. There's a long history behind it, and people turned to the Church to find solidarity in a time when segregation was mandatory and intolerance for mingling was all over the place. Why fyi, wasn't that long ago.
There's tons of reasons for self-segregation that are legitimate, even if it's not really the best of circumstances. Lots of research out there on the impact of the Church in various ethnic communities, if you wanna look it up.
It's ok though, with each successive generation, the inter-mingling is gonna get better. I think people forget sometimes how recent some of our history is. The civil rights movement wasn't that long ago. It wasn't that long ago that interracial marriage was a felony. Just give it some time. It'll get better.
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