Join Nate Byrd, Summer-Rayn, Dr. Darron Smith, and John Dehlin as they tackle the uncomfortable truths of Mormon leaders supporting racial segregation. This episode dives into topics like the European origin theory of the lost ten tribes, the discovery of black ancestry in those who appear white, patriarchs’ treatment of the “Curse of Cain,” and a shocking statement by Mormon prophet Harold B. Lee about closing BYU rather than admitting black students. Featuring clips from the episodes with historian Matthew Harris.
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Show Notes: https://www.mormonstories.org/black-mormons-react-to-leaders-supporting-segregation/
00:05:20 Responding to the idea of Black Africans responding to these episodes
00:10:00 Clip - That the Lost Tribes were Europeans
00:18:12 Joseph Smith believed and taught that the Native Americas were the Lost Tribes
00:25:28 Clip - BYU student’s letter to First Presidency (1948)
00:31:00 How good leaders would respond
00:38:57 Clip - Edwardo Contiere
00:48:10 Clip - Marriage and the Curse
00:54:00 Blame reversal
01:01:37 Clip of Contiere getting the priesthood back
01:03:35 Clip - Mark E. Petersen
01:07:25 Clip - Meeting with the patriarchs of the church
01:08:30 What is a patriarch? Why is it special?
01:17:20 Nate’s patriarchal blessing
01:34:00 Clip - Segregated blood banks
01:40:11 Clip - White skin but still cursed
01:43:23 Clip - Mark E. Petersen’s thoughts on race
02:01:21 Horrible quote from Mark E. Petersen
02:13:16 This is a year before Rosa Parks, Emmett Till
02:18:32 Clip - Brown vs. the Church
02:19:41 Clip - When will black people become white?
02:24:42 Clip - McKay saying they should not support the Civil Rights Act
02:41:21 Clip - “Don’t ever do that again”
02:45:09 Missionaries are vulnerable or “in transition”
02:51:58 Clip J. Reuben Clark on “Intermingling”
02:57:56 Clip - Race Problems as they affect the church
03:03:30 Closing thoughts
Show Notes:
https://www.mormonstories.org/black-mormons-respond-to-leaders-supporting-segregation/
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