The City of Mesa here in Arizona, incorporated in 1878 and built on the original one-square mile Grid Plan planned by Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith to expand their Utopian Kingdom of Desert bears witness and testimony to a systemic racism they engaged in for more than 150 years.
It may be never-too-late or too soon to admit racism, bias, and discrimination - facing the consequences is harder . . . but are Mormons ready to investigate themselves?
The true believers are just now starting to ask themselves
“...What if we were willing to speak up and stand up against systemic racism because we engaged in it ourselves and have come to understand its consequences?”_______________________________________________________________________________________
NEW BOOK :: “The King of Confidence:
A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch.”
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A Mormon historian argues that the LDS Church could and should be a leading voice against racism, not because it never practiced it but rather because it did.
“Rather than be hobbled by our past racism, what if we owned it and used our shared history to stand in places of empathy?"
W. Paul Reeve, head of Mormon studies at the University of Utah, asks in an
“...What if we were willing to speak up and stand up against systemic racism because we engaged in it ourselves and have come to understand its consequences?”
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‘The King of Confidence’ Review:
Visionary or Opportunist?
How does a man who has offered any number of reasons for people to distrust him acquire a large and loyal group of devotees?
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This week in Mormon Land: Reconciling on race, the masked apostle, an outlaw ‘member’
