Reply #6: We try so hard to relate to African Americans... [View All]

[KamaAina]

...you haven't lived until you've heard an all-white UU congregation attempt a Negro spiritual. Happens at least once a year. The results would make even William Hung shake his head in disbelief.

Happens to the best of us: One Sunday morning in New Haven I arrived my usual fifteen minutes early (due to the bus schedule), and there were two African American men in the sanctuary, asking to see the manager. I almost literally tripped over my own shoelaces to run out and get them a copy of "Soulful Journeys", the UU pamphlet aimed at African Americans.

Turned out they were looking to be hired to do yard work...