Mormon racism
Dealing with racism in the Book of Mormon
By Jana Riess — January 12, 2024
(RNS) — The Book of Mormon could teach us some hard truths about racism if we're brave enough to listen, say co-authors Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming.
Mormon apostle’s comments on racism fall short
By Jana Riess — November 19, 2020
Dallin Oaks recently said that "of course" Black Lives Matter. But Adam Harris and Carlene Fraser-Harris take issue with his underlying message.
General Conference would be a good time for the LDS church to apologize to the Black community
By Kristin Lowe — September 28, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Racist statements and policies were once made by prophets and apostles, and we specifically need prophets and apostles to overturn them now,’ says guest columnist Kristin Lowe.
What does a Mormon Pioneer Day look like in the context of Black Lives Matter?
By Jana Riess — July 23, 2020
(RNS) — Instead of congratulating ourselves about how we're no longer actively racist, how about spending this Pioneer Day thinking of changes we can make to be anti-racist in the future?
Renaming BYU buildings after non-racists, and other ways to dismantle white supremacy in Mormonism
By Jana Riess — June 19, 2020
Joanna Brooks's new book on the legacy of white supremacy in Mormonism could not have been published at a more significant moment.
Will the Mormon president apologize to the NAACP for the church’s past racism?
By Jana Riess — July 19, 2019
(RNS) — Short answer: probably not, but a columnist can dream.
Fake Mormon news story goes viral, claiming the LDS Church has apologized for racism
By Jana Riess — May 17, 2018
The LDS Church issued a statement on racism today -- but that statement was not the one that briefly proved a flashpoint of joy, then betrayal, among Mormons on social media.
Trump robocaller ‘apologizes’ for smearing Mormon Evan McMullin as a ‘closet homosexual’ — then drops racist shocker
By Jana Riess — November 3, 2016
(RNS) Apparently the racist provocateur who just called Evan McMullin a 'closet homosexual' and wants all nonwhites to be deported is a Mormon.
What’s wrong with Lewis Black’s anti-Mormon rant
By Jana Riess — November 19, 2015
Lewis Black recently skewered Mormonism based on a letter he received from an 18-year-old who resigned from the LDS Church. The letter is funny, but is it accurate?
African American Mormon convert: LDS Church needs to “make amends” for past racism
By Jana Riess — March 19, 2015
The LDS Gospel Topics statement about race should have laid to rest the folk doctrines that once propped up Mormonism's racist priesthood ban. But convert Bryndis Roberts says racism still exists, and asks the Church to help more Mormons get the memo.
African Americans and the Mormon experience
By Jana Riess — April 23, 2014
BYU professor Margaret Blair Young will speak in Cincinnati this weekend on black Mormon pioneers.
Mormon racism and Black self-hatred in Zion, by Darron Smith
By Jana Riess — December 19, 2013
Guest blogger Darron Smith applauds the LDS Church's recent statement on Mormonism, race, and the priesthood -- but wonders how long it will take to undo the past.
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