--- title: "13 Together Quotes By Michael Emerson" description: "13 Together quotes by Michael Emerson. Plus more from Michael Emerson and more Together sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/michael-emerson-4622_acceptable_call-and-response-style-yes-exactly-so-w_72452.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/michael-emerson-4622_acceptable_call-and-response-style-yes-exactly-so-w_72452.jpg) > [We're going to see more, and we are seeing more, and I'll tell you exactly why. Not because white and black are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/we-re-going-to-see-more-and-we-are-seeing-more-and-i-ll-tell-you/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/michael-emerson-4622_black_we-re-going-to-see-more-and-we-are-seein_2055490.jpg) > [Now they had to sit in separate places and sometimes they'd even have to sit outside and look through the windows. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/now-they-had-to-sit-in-separate-places-and-sometimes-they-d-even-have/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/michael-emerson-4622_looks_now-they-had-to-sit-in-separate-places-a_2424073.jpg) > [We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/michael-emerson-4622_american-culture_we-do-not-have-an-american-culture-we-ha_147976.jpg) > [So you find a lot of these sixth Americans congregate in these interracial congregations. They hang out together at work, at school,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/michael-emerson-4622_congregation_so-you-find-a-lot-of-these-sixth-america_134705.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/michael-emerson-4622_culture_what-sort-of-difficulties-would-happen-w_2376163.jpg) > [I spent a lot of time developing in books why worshipping separately actually impacts inequality, economic, social, on and on. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-spent-a-lot-of-time-developing-in-books-why-worshipping-separately/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/michael-emerson-4622_advantage_i-spent-a-lot-of-time-developing-in-book_2332919.jpg) > [I think it's going to open up a wider place for a discussion about we ought to come together in our churches,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-think-it-s-going-to-open-up-a-wider-place-for-a-discussion-about-we/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/michael-emerson-4622_acceptable_i-think-it-s-going-to-open-up-a-wider-pl_2166303.jpg) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/michael-emerson-4622_black_there-are-three-things-and-it-depends-on_250487.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/michael-emerson-4622_civil-war_so-we-didn-t-get-the-denominations-and-t_1687971.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/michael-emerson-4622_arguing_i-certainly-think-so-and-i-argue-so-and_993758.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/michael-emerson-4622_ability_so-these-are-the-kind-of-things-that-now_3172269.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/michael-emerson-4622_antioch_scripture-is-vast-and-people-can-pick-an_1694395.jpg) ## Other authors on Together ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/together/michael-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "13 Together Quotes By Michael Emerson", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Call-and-response style, yes, exactly. 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But it was because of discrimination and racism and such that blacks began to establish their own denominations and their own churches.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/there-are-three-things-and-it-depends-on-the-group-that-we-re-talking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/michael-emerson-4622_black_there-are-three-things-and-it-depends-on_250487.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/michael-emerson-4622_black_there-are-three-things-and-it-depends-on_250487.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/michael-emerson-4622_black_there-are-three-things-and-it-depends-on_250487.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are three things, and it depends on the group that we're talking about, but there's history, there's…” — Michael Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So we didn't get the denominations and the separate congregations really till about into Civil War time. What's happened then, of course, is now that we've had well over 100 years of this history to establish separate cultures, different ways of worshipping, and different ways of understanding theology so that when people try to come together makes it very difficult. 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