text: I don't believe the question was are there brown and black people in our churches but do they play an equal role in liturgy and ministry and have same and equal influence in our parishes.  The fact that in the U.S. our permanent deacons are still only around 25 % latino and the amounts of both Asian and Black permanent deacons put together in the U.S. is about 7% and the rest are all Caucasian is some indication there is real racism present when it comes to playing important roles in our parishes.  Mind you this is a recent improvement from the almost 90% Caucasian deaconate only 10 years ago in the U.S.  Considering the large amounts of both Hispanic and Asian Catholics we have in this country - this is an indicator of some racism.