Smart_Ass_Dave t1_itlsovj wrote
Reply to comment by EpicAura99 in TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II by Butthole_Alamo
This reminds me of early Quaker congregations that would segregate their discussions by gender and then come back together and present what each group had decided they should do. This was so that women did not have to agree with their husbands in public, even though they actually disagreed.
EpicAura99 t1_itlxs5v wrote
That’s mighty progressive of them, although I feel like I remember the Quakers doing a good bit of progressive stuff. Could be thinking of a different group.
Smart_Ass_Dave t1_itlyi21 wrote
As with any group that has existed for 400 years or so, the group's history is imperfect obviously, but equality is one of the four central "testaments" of the religion (along with truth, simplicity and peace). So they were earlier to abolition than most religious groups as an example. They also did smaller things like using set price tags rather than unlisted prices or bartering because different prices for different people is inherently unfair.
firelock_ny t1_itpjcsu wrote
Fun bit: two US Presidents (Hoover and Nixon) were raised as Quakers.
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