Race in America

I read "Why many Americans prefer their Sundays segregated" and I felt it was an interesting story. I'd say it related to David Hacker's story because it entailed blacks and whites in an integrated community. Hacker claimed blacks wanted to integrate with whites and whites don't want to integrate with blacks. I disagree with this and think neither racial group wants to integrate with the other for the soul purpose of integration. The article I read backs me up. It talks about a black church gaining new members of white race and the black members complained to their pastor. "They warned Sheppard that the church's newest members would try to seize control because members of their race were inherently aggressive." This shows how blacks may feel when integrating with whites. Perhaps they make accusations based on the past and believe whites are aggressive and try to control things. Many pastors of integrated churches claim it is a very hard task to run a racially integrated church because so many conflicts arise based on race. Not only this, but the pastor has to speak in a way that appeals to all groups and have to be very careful about what they say so they don't loose respect. This ordeal isn't just contained within churches, its everywhere in America, it has just made itself apparent within churches. Only 5% of Americas churches are integrated and many of them are slowly becoming one race. It's no secret that Americans want to keep things segregated. Why so many of us want to be segregated, I don't know, but we should try to live together in peace without conflict over power. We have to start seeing everyone as a whole and no longer refer to different races as "they," but as "we."