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Podcast: Glass Box Podcast
Episode: Ep 17 - Slaves to the Man Who Communed With Jehovah
Description: 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...