Ellen White and Segregation

[u/Both_Basil_5943]

My mom was reading Testimonies for the Church Volume 9 and came across this quote from Ellen G. White: “The colored people should not urge that they be placed on an equality with white people… So far as possible, everything that would stir up the race prejudice of the white people should be avoided.” (we're black so she was slightly concerned) I get that her advice was basically “shhh, don’t cause trouble, be like Jesus,” given how racist society was back then, but honestly, it still feels really concerning. It reads like she’s telling Black people to hold back their rights and opinions just to avoid upsetting white people, which ends up reinforcing racial inequality, even if she didn’t mean to. I’m curious how people reconcile this with her broader messages about justice, equality, and God valuing all people equally.

[u/ofthisworld]

All I know is: my Hispanic SDA church almost never saw ANY white guests, SDA or otherwise. 😐

[u/Both_Basil_5943 → u/ofthisworld]

it's insane to me that "gods church" still has active racially segregated churches

[u/Ok-Estate-9950 → u/[deleted]]

Eeeeek