The ethnic and cultural identity of America is changing. As the world continues to globalize year by year, the unwritten law of the land is trending away from traditional American assumptions. Multi-ethnic communities, churches and even marriages in the United States have become normal occurrences, rather than exceptions to the rule. While the rising tension we see in our country surrounding race and ethnicity is multi-layered in nature, certainly the differences in cultural values add to this ethnic-disconnect.

What responsibility, if any, do Christians have in welcoming diversity and championing inter-ethnic collaboration? Can members of majority and minority cultures engage one another’s differing values and experiences in a way that is mutually uplifting? How can churches and communities integrate ethnic groups together without abandoning their unique cultural distinctions? All that and more on this edition of Questions from the Pew.