Even if it takes Black History Month to spur the conversation, we dive into racism in the Mormon church. We take a brief high-level overview of how non-white people have been treated throughout the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Even though the Priesthood ban was lifted in 1978, racism didn’t go anywhere. From overt examples of prophets advocating slavery, to covert and insidious racism pervading our everyday lives, if we don’t talk about it it’ll never stop being a problem. We wrap with talking about 12 Years a Slave and an initiative in New Orleans to curb homelessness in the wake of hurricane Katrina.
Links:
Racism in Mormon Scripture
http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/racialstatements.htm
Book of Abraham 1:26-7
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/abr/1?lang=eng
Green Flake
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/flake-green-1828-1903/
Five Time Mormons Changed Their Position on Slavery
https://gregkofford.com/blogs/news/five-times-mormons-changed-their-position-on-slavery
Slavery in Utah
https://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/slaveryinutah.html
Be One celebration
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/be-one-celebration-optimism-overcoming-prejudice
Healing the Wounds of Racism by Darius Gray
https://www.lds.org/blog/healing-the-wounds-of-racism?lang=eng
MormonNewsRoom fake racism apology
https://www.apnews.com/8453dce99ccf46c2a938a4e65c5addc5
Light of Gazalem
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/02/19/new-orleans-reducing-homeless-hurricane-katrina
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Braden did a thing! We start with an interview he had with Milo and Angela about their creative muse: healing after Mormonism. It’s alright to be you, everybody! After that we talk about An Honest Liar, a documentary about The Amazing James Randi, and we wrap up with a story about science winning in a world besieged by “alternative facts”.
Light of Gazalem:
Interview show notes:
Song: https://soundcloud.com/angela-soffe/alright-to-be-you/s-laqLD
Angela Soffe: https://angelasoffe.com/about
Miles Germer (Milocraft): http://milocraft.net/music/bio
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/angelasoffemilocraft
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