Racial tensions and police brutality in America have caused protests, riots, and citizens becoming the victims of war crimes committed by our military-police force. How did we get here? Where do we go? How can we effectively reform policing in America? It’s a complicated issue and a couple of white guys are going to do their best to introduce you to the topic and form a basic foundation on which to build a base of knowledge about these subjects. We also take a look at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints angle of race, as this is a Mormon-centric podcast. We encourage you to use the resources and further reading below. We wrap the episode with the final installment of Case for the Book of Mormon, a tool of genocide and racial supremacy which shaped American history.
Links:
First Presidency statement https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/president-nelson-shares-social-post-encouraging-understanding-and-civility
Church’s social media post: https://twitter.com/Ch_JesusChrist/status/1268233951719510016
The Negro: A Proclamation to the World
https://www.missedinsunday.com/memes/race/proclamation-1949/
Resources:
Blacks and the Priesthood by 3 Mormons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN5Gp07zaZE
Our Enemies in Blue by Kristian Williams https://www.akpress.org/our-enemies-in-blue.html
Read the Stanford Prison Study https://www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo.html
@Mica_McGriggs presentation June 15, 2020 “Racial Equity & Social Impact” weekly classes https://www.eventbrite.com/e/racial-equity-social-impact-tickets-104768040028
Mormon Stories #630 Black Lives Matter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgViT0zuSrk
Black and Mormon by Darron Smith https://books.google.com/books/about/Black_and_Mormon.html?id=lSvRnQgJAx8C
https://8cantwait.org/ for police reform
The Dollop - Furgeson Episode 19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp1uF67UeyY
Ibram X. Kendi How to be an Antiracist https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1
Donate: https://www.joincampaignzero.org
Joanna Brooks Mormonism and White Supremacy https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mormonism-and-white-supremacy-9780190081768?cc=us&lang=en&
Moroni and the Swastika by David Conley Nelson https://www.oupress.com/books/14220363/moroni-and-the-swastika
Tiananmen Square Massacre 1989 in China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeoMn1DeUek
Watch: Just Mercy, released free on all platforms by Universal
Killer Mike speech about George Floyd and protests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSWasOhArfM
Stand By Me by Liesa (Lisa) Rodger https://www.thebeehive.com/stand-by-me/
Check your blindspot BYU diversity project https://www.checkyourblindspot.org/
Historian’s take on police brutality against Black people https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gvu38i/george_floyd_was_murdered_by_america_a_historians/
Talking to kids about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28
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