@JohnGTurner2020 I drove south several hours years ago to see an original Book of Mormon and the ceramic faces of Joseph and Hyrum. I felt absolutely nothing and that added to my shelf. At the time I was serving in a bishopric.
In grad school @BYU a male student approached me during finals and:
Him- “you didn’t shave this morning.”
Me- “nope”
Him- “you know it really bothers me when people don’t live by the honor code…”
It got worse as he continued.
I wish @EliMcCann would have been there to hear.
I have reached the point with some of my oldest friendships where I don’t tell them about my life because I know they won’t be supportive and I just don’t want to hear it
Today, when our gospel doctrine teacher of Latin descent asked the class why Christ’s disciples didn’t recognize Him after He was resurrected, a class member said “Maybe because he was now white?”
We cannot claim that the church isn’t still full of institution racism.