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I don't doubt that the OC is welcoming. But the question in my mind is "how does it look to a white person inclined to believe in a pernicious and incoherent racist ideology?"I think Orthodox on the whole do a good job being welcoming to people of all races. Orthodox have more racial diversity than my own church, which is overwhelmingly white. Mind you, we aren't unwelcoming, and my own congregation is more diverse than average, but we have a lousy time with evangelism in general, so we are a bit of an ethnic ghetto (if you want "northern European" culture, we have it in spades. But its nowhere near as resentful as the alt-right's take on what that means).
One of my favorite Orthodox saints was Moses of the Black. He's a good saint to have in your corner.
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