Today is a bit of a classic deep dive into early Mormon history, sort of. We crack open the pages of Rick Grunder’s Mormon Parallels (linked below; please pick up a copy) and investigate what was in the air of 18th and early 19th century America. Turns out, Joseph Smith was not an island and the Book of Mormon is very much a product of its time. Let’s see how Shannon does with my clever little game of Mormon or Not!? After that we review a graphic novel Joseph Smith in Space: May the Farce Be With You recommended to us by a lovely listener with a solid bead on our type of humor. Then we round out with some happy news about the Utah Supreme Court actually coming to the right decision for goddamn once!
Show links:
Mormon Parallels by Rick Grunder sold directly by the author!
https://www.rickgrunder.com/parallels.htm
MOGP: The graphic novel Joseph Smith In Space: May the Farce Be With You, by Z.M. Thomas: https://smile.amazon.com/Joseph-Smith-Space-May-Farce-ebook/dp/B084326B9J/ref=sr_1_3
Info on Z. M. Thomas: https://twincitiesgeek.com/twin-cities-geek-staff/z-m-thomas/
Happy news: Utah Affirms Transgender Right to Change Birth Certificates: https://apnews.com/article/utah-business-f27731c87eed5de4050d67e94661a1fc
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For our main segment today, we do a brief deep-dive into the history of Asian-American immigration and public sentiment. Of course, we also analyze the Mormon angle with help from listener Adam Watanabe who is kind enough to share his lived experience. After that we dive into our next long-form analysis of Mormon-related texts with Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball. Then we round out the show discussing the first rent-ready 3D printed house in Amsterdam!
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Main segment:
New report finds 169 percent surge in anti-Asian hate crimes during first quarter: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/new-report-finds-169-percent-surge-anti-asian-hate-crimes-n1265756
Hate crimes against Asian Americans are on the rise. Many say more policing isn’t the answer: https://time.com/5938482/asian-american-attacks/
Wythe Asian-American story is missing from many US classrooms: https://time.com/5949028/asian-american-history-schools/
Asian Americans Then and Now:
https://asiasociety.org/education/asian-americans-then-and-now
FDR establishes Japanese American Internment Camps:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_9066
When mormons aspired to be a “white and delightsome’ people: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/mormons-race-max-perry-mueller/539994/
The Concept of “Race” Is a Lie:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-concept-of-race-is-a-lie/
Spencer W. Kimball, MoF
https://archive.org/details/spencerwkimballt00kimb/page/189/mode/2up?q=clark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_of_Forgiveness#cite_note-trib-10
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2762815&itype=CMSID
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Ng-RpcpbA
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