Mormons and race
Racism at BYU is a problem, study finds
By Jana Riess — March 3, 2021
(RNS) — Mormonism's flagship university has issued a self-critical report of its own racism and lack of diversity.
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.
The white privilege of U.S. Mormons
By Jana Riess — June 3, 2020
Lives are at stake here. It’s time to get out of the 1980s and do the hard, hard work of listening to—and acting on—what people of color have to say.
Frozen in time: Mormons in the 24th century, as seen in ‘The Expanse’
By Jana Riess — February 7, 2020
(RNS) — While it’s a cheering thought that my religion has survived several hundred years in the imagination of ‘The Expanse,’ I’m not so enthusiastic about the way its Mormons seem stuck in the distant past.
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.
Mormons get back to basics at church’s General Conference
By Jana Riess — April 8, 2019
7 things you may have missed at the April General Conference.
LDS Church rebukes Mormon white supremacists, who rebuke the Church right back
By Jana Riess — August 15, 2017
The LDS Church just reissued its statement on race and Charlottesville, and the 2nd release is a virtual smackdown of the alt-right -- including its Mormon adherents.
The new face of Mormon racism
By Jana Riess — May 30, 2017
The social media hashtag #DearWhiteMormons was supposed to give Mormons of color a chance to share their experiences. But some angry white Mormons blasted back.
Naming of 3 new Mormon apostles raises questions about race, international diversity
By Jana Riess — October 5, 2015
Mormons need to think carefully when there is such a growing discrepancy between the beautiful racial and international diversity that characterizes our religion around the planet and the much narrower range that is evidenced among our most visible leaders.
Attendance triples at progressive Mormon Sunstone Symposium, despite hiccups
By Jana Riess — August 3, 2015
Ed Smart bears his testimony while Kate Kelly has a diva moment; Denver Snuffer represents the unorthodox right and and young transgendered Mormons speak to life on the left. It was all at Sunstone ... and I missed it.
Jodi Arias’s Last-Ditch Defense Is . . . Blood Atonement? Are You Kidding Me?
By Jana Riess — March 9, 2013
Three stories in this week's Mormon news: Friend says that accused killer Jodi Arias is being blamed for a murder that was actually a blood-atonement conspiracy by the LDS Church. Uh huh. In happier news, the LDS Church has unveiled exciting changes to its Scripture apparatus, and thousands of new missionaries are expected to begin serving around the world.
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