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No matter how often a white person attends a multiracial congregation, it won’t necessarily make them more progressive.

And it’s going to take a lot more effort than that to understand how black people feel about the current state of our nation.

That’s according to by Ryon Cobb, who told ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Radio’s Dave Ross that multiracial congregations are similar to primarily white congregations in that the views of the churchgoers err on the side of non-diverse churches.

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So white people attending multiracial congregations, assuming they’re getting an accurate representation of what the majority of black people think about racial issues, are deceiving themselves? Ross asked.

“Correct,” Cobb responded.

There could be multiple factors contributing to less-diverse ideology in multiracial churches. That includes the fact that the black people attending the churches may have similar lifestyles to that of white people (income, etc.). The churches may also be more sensitive to white culture than black culture, according to Cobb.

The phenomenon leads Cobb to believe that attending a multiracial congregation is not associated with white people’s reasoning for inequality. Furthermore, black people attending such churches aren’t as likely to establish explanations for inequality.

Would a white member of a multiracial congregation then, be surprised if they were plopped into a primarily black congregation? Ross asked.

Very likely, Cobb said. Someone unfamiliar with a black congregation may be “surprised” by what they hear.

“They may be surprised at the number of political references during sermons,” Cobb gave as an example. As well as discussion of every day social and racial problems.

Well, if white people can’t learn more about black culture from multiracial congregations, can Cobb help out? There was a large group of white people in Seattle that was shocked to be called white supremacists by a Black Lives Matter advocate during a Bernie Sanders rally and discussion regarding social security.

“I’m somewhat torn about interrupting a social security event,” Cobb told Ross. Social security is one of the amendments of the Constitution that wasn’t always open to black people.

However, Cobb said how much still needs to be fixed in this country depends on who you ask. Some people want to abolish policing, for example. There isn’t a specific answer yet.