Tag Archive | racism
Utah’s Ferguson Problem
While most of the country is focusing on the shooting of a black man in Ferguson, Missouri by a white police officer, the small town of Saratoga Springs, Utah has a similar controversy brewing. Several people called the police about a 22 year old black man, Darrien Hunt, who was walking around a shopping center with […]
Are These Mascots Offensive?
Usually when I talk about racism, I talk about the past policy to deny black Mormons the priesthood and temple ordinances. However, there are other types of racism, and Native American racism is in the news. Many people consider that the name NFL’s Washington Redskins is a racial slur. President Obama weighed in on the […]
How Racism, Sexism, and other Stereotypes Hurt Our Performance
We all know that racism exists. Jeff (The Race is On) and I (The Black 14 of Wyoming) wrote about racism last week at Wheat and Tares. But one commenter in particular said that race is not a problem. (I don’t know what planet he lives on–apparently he lives in an area with few minorities, […]
Mormon Heretic 