Quakers: White and middle-class?

Is it true that Quakers are all white and middle-class. British Friends from Watford give their views.

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[24414330]

I posted a reply, it flagged post pending approval, then it disappeared. So you tell me.

[srekauq]

@24414330 Strange! Comments usually appear immediately.

[24414330]

srekaug- I replied to your reply, but i have been censored

[srekauq]

@24414330 Really? Who censored you?

[24414330]

I attended meetings for three years, and yes they are a white, middle class elite peer group. They engage in subtle put downs, and refuse to take anyone seriously who falls outside their very narrow class and status perceptions. In short subtle bullies. At the core of each meeting is a gang of elites whose approval must be given on everything, they then mask this by declaring that it is God who is motivating them. Needless to say I stopped going, along with others who felt the same

[srekauq]

@24414330 It is sad that you have had bad experiences at a Quaker Meeting. There are all kinds of dangers in any community, including elitism and bullying. I have been a Quaker for about five years and I am happy to say that my experience is very different from yours. I have found that Quaker methods tend to protect against many of the controlling mechanisms which can exist in other faith communities. But we are all human, and often humans fail to meet their own standards.

[stampguy01]

My wife and I are Quakers. My wife is Asian as well. We are Christ-centered and do not subscribe to this "liberal Quakerism" that BYM Is promoting on YouTube. The reason liberal "Quakers" have a difficult time explaining their beliefs is they don't have any idea what most of their beliefs are. Unlike true Quakerism, which is deeply rooted in Christ- it's actually called "primitive Christianity revived"- so-called "liberal Quakers" pretty much believe anything goes and espouse a secular humanism.

[MrBud4jo]

I am a liberal Quaker and have no problem explaining my beliefs. It does sadden me when some Friends say they are the ones who have the "true Quaker" way. What is true for me may not be true for others. Liberal Quakers do not believe any thing goes. We do not believe in going to war. We are against the death penalty. We want prison reform. We believe all loving couples should be allowed to marry. We believe the Bible was not meant to be taken literally.

[edwards21416]

never tought in schools ?

[lndac02]

@phantomsuccour no sir, if either of the 2 groupings I mention was to join in droves, the middle class would leave en mass. its a church for a elitist middle class white clique who like their God and religion without the riff raff and black faces.

[phantomsuccour]

@lndac02 that's nonsense

[lndac02]

quakerism a gathering for the middle class where they don't have to sit next to blacks or even worse the white working class