--- title: "17 White Quotes By Michael Emerson" description: "17 White quotes by Michael Emerson. Plus more from Michael Emerson and more White sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/michael-emerson-4622_african-american_every-pastor-i-talk-to-says-and-particul_2021361.jpg" --- > [Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, "I'm not black enough for African Americans. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/every-pastor-i-talk-to-says-and-particularly-if-they-re-african/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/michael-emerson-4622_african-american_every-pastor-i-talk-to-says-and-particul_2021361.jpg) > [What's happening is that Asian and Latino and other groups without that history are more likely to end up in either black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/what-s-happening-is-that-asian-and-latino-and-other-groups-without/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/michael-emerson-4622_asian_what-s-happening-is-that-asian-and-latin_530497.jpg) > [So the tradition from Europe is that you're supposed to emphasize the mind over the body, so you sing from a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/so-the-tradition-from-europe-is-that-you-re-supposed-to-emphasize-the/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/michael-emerson-4622_average_so-the-tradition-from-europe-is-that-you_1867246.jpg) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/michael-emerson-4622_asian_i-think-it-s-easier-i-really-do-because_237320.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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/michael-emerson-4622_black_there-s-a-lot-of-life-there-but-it-s-a-d_2665218.jpg) > [I think with President Obama there's going to be a discussion, because he himself is multiracial, because we have for the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-think-with-president-obama-there-s-going-to-be-a-discussion-because/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/michael-emerson-4622_discussion_i-think-with-president-obama-there-s-goi_3088266.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/michael-emerson-4622_boundaries_if-we-go-into-white-congregations-non-wh_968436.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) > [It happens a little bit more in the West, where there's more fluid - where everybody's originally from somewhere else. So they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/it-happens-a-little-bit-more-in-the-west-where-there-s-more-fluid/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/michael-emerson-4622_bigger_it-happens-a-little-bit-more-in-the-west_2235418.jpg) > [Once in a while you get people that maybe because of economic reasons, or have a social network, they get attracted. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/once-in-a-while-you-get-people-that-maybe-because-of-economic-reasons/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c06/michael-emerson-4622_african-american_once-in-a-while-you-get-people-that-mayb_2876400.jpg) > [Humor is so culturally based that when I try to tell a joke as me being a white American, if I tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/humor-is-so-culturally-based-that-when-i-try-to-tell-a-joke-as-me/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/michael-emerson-4622_african-american_humor-is-so-culturally-based-that-when-i_618810.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/michael-emerson-4622_all-black_preaching-styles-and-people-being-slain_682360.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) > [It was an all-white church. It was starting to decline. They had to hire a new pastor, and they hired him. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/it-was-an-all-white-church-it-was-starting-to-decline-they-had-to/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/michael-emerson-4622_asian_it-was-an-all-white-church-it-was-starti_1635033.jpg) > [What happens is sometimes these congregations will still have the white style of worship, even though they're mixed, because folks are willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/what-happens-is-sometimes-these-congregations-will-still-have-the/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/michael-emerson-4622_african-american_what-happens-is-sometimes-these-congrega_1895558.jpg) > [It's one of the things we find in these congregations is that they are much more likely to be sort of up-beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/it-s-one-of-the-things-we-find-in-these-congregations-is-that-they/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/michael-emerson-4622_amen_it-s-one-of-the-things-we-find-in-these_1935153.jpg) ## Other authors on White ## 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/white/michael-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "17 White Quotes By Michael Emerson", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, \"I'm not black enough for African Americans. 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It was sort of dead and didn't feel that warmly received. But so - and there are different realities either way, and it makes it difficult for all groups to try and cross boundaries.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/if-we-go-into-white-congregations-non-whites-will-sometimes-say-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/michael-emerson-4622_boundaries_if-we-go-into-white-congregations-non-wh_968436.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/michael-emerson-4622_boundaries_if-we-go-into-white-congregations-non-wh_968436.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/michael-emerson-4622_boundaries_if-we-go-into-white-congregations-non-wh_968436.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If we go into white congregations, non-whites will sometimes say it felt like worship never started. 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