| I am a Jehovah's Witness and our congregations are segregated ONLY by language, and thats because of OBVIOUS REASONS... a hispanic from Van Nuys who talks spanish can't really learn if he goes to an Armenian congregation if he were to go to Glendale.
Other than that, we don't segregate ourselves. When we have assemblies, all the spanish go together: whether they are mexican, or el salvadorian, or argentinan, or guatemalan, OR EVEN WHITE (thats if your white and chose 2 go 2 the spanish).
In the English assemblies, same thing: If your black, or white, or even chinese (born here and learned only english), we all congregate based on language, and it makes sense to (see my example above).
Even when I have gone to a different country and found other Brothers and Sisters, immediately, just because we have that relationship gives us a warmth and happy feeling on the inside (heck, some times they had even invited us to their house or to eat, even before getting to know them better), and YES, even though our cultures may be different (depending on where we live and where we meet), THAT DOES NOT mean that we exclude ourselves or isolate ourselves from other brothers and sisters who are lets say poorer, or more cultural, or conservate, etc. |