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> [So different groups have different definitions, and then they clash on those. So it takes adept leadership to say we're going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/so-different-groups-have-different-definitions-and-then-they-clash-on/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [Call-and-response style, yes, exactly. So whenever different groups get together then there has to be this long period of negotiation. How will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/call-and-response-style-yes-exactly-so-whenever-different-groups-get/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [We've had people say, "Now when I go to work, I don't feel uncomfortable talking to people of different races, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/we-ve-had-people-say-now-when-i-go-to-work-i-don-t-feel-uncomfortable/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [Absolutely, although every congregation will say, you know, every worship leader will say it's vital. It's very important, but again these are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/absolutely-although-every-congregation-will-say-you-know-every/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [There's a lot of life there, but it's a different sort, because there's a lot less immigrants and a lot more racial,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/there-s-a-lot-of-life-there-but-it-s-a-different-sort-because-there-s/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [And then they would have the shoe removers on one side, and the non-shoe removers on the other side until they could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/and-then-they-would-have-the-shoe-removers-on-one-side-and-the-non/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [If we go into white congregations, non-whites will sometimes say it felt like worship never started. It was sort of dead and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/if-we-go-into-white-congregations-non-whites-will-sometimes-say-it/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [Preaching styles and people being slain in the spirit and things like that. Now it doesn't happen in all black churches, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/preaching-styles-and-people-being-slain-in-the-spirit-and-things-like/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [So we didn't get the denominations and the separate congregations really till about into Civil War time. What's happened then, of course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/so-we-didn-t-get-the-denominations-and-the-separate-congregations/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [I certainly think so, and I argue so, and I give talks on that. Are there risks by putting people together? Absolutely.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-certainly-think-so-and-i-argue-so-and-i-give-talks-on-that-are/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [So these are the kind of things that now when people are trying to move towards multiracial congregations that they're stressing. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/so-these-are-the-kind-of-things-that-now-when-people-are-trying-to/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [Scripture is vast, and people can pick and choose what they emphasize, and so for hundreds of years verses that said that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/scripture-is-vast-and-people-can-pick-and-choose-what-they-emphasize/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [And different traditions stress different - so then there's that. I talked to an African American who says before she goes into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/and-different-traditions-stress-different-so-then-there-s-that-i/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [So one of the profound things we found when studying these congregations, the mixed ones, is just how much overlap and interracial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/so-one-of-the-profound-things-we-found-when-studying-these/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [We just say there are five, you know, racial groups in the US. I say that these folks are what we call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/we-just-say-there-are-five-you-know-racial-groups-in-the-us-i-say/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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> [What sort of difficulties would happen when people of different cultures try to come together to worship? Tiny little things such as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/what-sort-of-difficulties-would-happen-when-people-of-different/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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## Other authors on Different

## More by Michael Emerson

> [It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/it-may-be-changing-but-still-it-s-the-one-place-that-total-control-of/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [Call-and-response style, yes, exactly. So whenever different groups get together then there has to be this long period of negotiation. How will we worship?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/call-and-response-style-yes-exactly-so-whenever-different-groups-get/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [I think people respond to villains because people in general are more villainous than heroic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-think-people-respond-to-villains-because-people-in-general-are-more/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [So you find a lot of these sixth Americans congregate in these interracial congregations. They hang out together at work, at school, wherever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/so-you-find-a-lot-of-these-sixth-americans-congregate-in-these/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [There are roles that are terrifying because they're large or you may feel that they're out of your line, but I'm never terrified once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/there-are-roles-that-are-terrifying-because-they-re-large-or-you-may/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two groups try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/we-do-not-have-an-american-culture-we-have-a-white-american-culture/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the best they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-think-of-myself-as-a-problem-solver-i-want-to-go-in-and-help-the/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [But what we found in the study is that churches are ten times less diverse than the neighborhoods they sit in. So there's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/but-what-we-found-in-the-study-is-that-churches-are-ten-times-less/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [And different traditions stress different - so then there's that. I talked to an African American who says before she goes into an interracial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/and-different-traditions-stress-different-so-then-there-s-that-i/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [I think it's easier, I really do, because of not having that similar history, so that's why I think two-thirds of these mixed congregations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-think-it-s-easier-i-really-do-because-of-not-having-that-similar/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [There are three things, and it depends on the group that we're talking about, but there's history, there's culture, and then there's social networks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/there-are-three-things-and-it-depends-on-the-group-that-we-re-talking/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [I ask the clergy why don't I see myself represented in leadership? And I'm told, and this happens quite a bit, "We don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-ask-the-clergy-why-don-t-i-see-myself-represented-in-leadership-and/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [I was a magazine illustrator for many years before I became an actor, and I used to think, 'Oh, God, all those wasted years!'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-was-a-magazine-illustrator-for-many-years-before-i-became-an-actor/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [We go where our family goes. We go where our friends are, and because our social networks are so segregated by race, we end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/we-go-where-our-family-goes-we-go-where-our-friends-are-and-because/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

> [This is this thing I harp on: Sometimes acting can be a self-defeating psychological enterprise if we feel like we're desperate, if we feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/this-is-this-thing-i-harp-on-sometimes-acting-can-be-a-self-defeating/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

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