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Americans’ explanations for racial inequality tend to differ across racial/ethnic groups. In accounting for economic disparities between Blacks and Whites, racial/ethnic minorities are more likely to favor structural explanations, while Whites are relatively more likely to blame Blacks themselves. Our study examines the extent to which participation in a multiracial congregation potentially mitigates these racial/ethnic differences in explanations for Black/White inequality. Drawing on data from the General Social Surveys and National Congregations Studies, we fit regression models to estimate the net effects of race/ethnicity on three explanations for Black/White inequality (discrimination, educational opportunities, and motivation) across attendees of multiracial and non-multiracial congregations. Attitudinal differences by race/ethnicity were more apparent among attendees of racially homogenous congregations, and not apparent among attendees of multiracial congregations.