Mormons: One Of Christianity’s Most R*cist Groups
What do you really know about the Mormon Church? What did the founders of this church really believe about the world? And do the friendly smiles and demeanors of its missionaries across the globe today symbolize sincere intentions, or hide a dark truth?
In this report for The Spearhead, @okorieuche_ sheds light on the history of one of Christianity’s most r*cist denominations.
Mormons: One Of Christianity’s Most R*cist Groups
What do you really know about the Mormon Church? What did the founders of this church really believe about the world? And do the friendly smiles and demeanors of its missionaries across the globe today symbolize sincere intentions, or hide a dark truth?
In this report for The Spearhead, @okorieuche_ sheds light on the history of one of Christianity’s most r*cist denominations.
Over the weekend, beyond my 7-track set (which, ofc, included music for positive change), this was the most important message I needed to deliver. I want the survivors to know that they are not alone. ❤️🩹
p.s. everything I’m wearing is either repeated/sourced/upcycled from Kantamanto @obroniwawuoct 👀
Nov 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We’ll tell young girls to speak up when they’re violated, report abuse and trust the system. But we’re all watching the Obuasi girls. How do we tell girls to speak up when we’re failing those who already have?
The first time I came to Ghana was in 1995. I was 5 years old and I stayed at a hotel in Dzorwulu that no longer exists called Secaps Hotel.
It's been 31 years in and out of Ghana since then and I now even have a Ghanaian passport. In all this time, "Ghanaians hate Nigerians" has been such a popular internet phenomenon, but I have never seen it in real life. I don waka this country from Elubo to Takoradi. I've been to more places in Ghana than most Ghanaians, and the fact that I am Nigerian has never at any point put me in danger or ruined anything for me.
The closest thing to discrimination that has ever happened to me was one time in 2023 when I was in Accra for a few weeks and I needed to rent a car, but the rental agency I found on Jiji wouldn't rent to me because the identity document I submitted was Nigerian. And even then, I simply moved on to the next agency and I rented a car immediately 🤷🏿♂️
Some people are spending a lot of energy trying to force one weird beef that does not exist in real life. The other day I went to Madina market to fix my phone screen and I literally could not distinguish between "Nigerian" and "Ghanaian" because those guys all speak this mix of Igbo and Twi and you legit cannot tell who is who until they speak English and you hear their accent.
"Nigeria vs Ghana" is a very interesting internet phenomenon, and I'd like to witness it in real life one day. It's been 3 decades and I'm still looking for it 🤷🏿♂️
I have been sitting with the Obuasi SHTS story for days.
These girls did exactly what we tell our children to do. They spoke up. Painfully, the adults around them failed them.
We are right to be outraged. But I keep asking myself: outrage then what? what can each of us actually do?
Some thoughts I have:
1. Don't let this just be "the Obuasi case."
If adults in one town knew for months and stayed quiet, we have to be honest about what may be happening elsewhere. I support the call for an independent, nationwide inquiry into safeguarding in our schools.
2. How we raise our girls.
When my daughter doesn't want to hug someone, I don't force her. Many of us do this to little girls without thinking: "Go and hug Uncle." It teaches them that their body and their "no" belong to whichever adult is asking.
3. How we raise our boys.
When a little boy pushes a girl or kisses her when she doesn't want it, we laugh and say "boys will be boys." We are teaching him early that a girl's consent doesn't count.
4. "Respect your elders" must have limits.
We raise children to obey adults without question, and abusers count on it. Our children need to hear clearly: no teacher, headmaster, pastor or relative can ask you to keep a secret or come somewhere alone or touch you anywhere inappropriate.
5. Ask your children direct questions.
Are you ever sent to a teacher's house? Are you asked to cook, clean or carry food for staff? These "small errands" can be how predators get children alone.
6. Believe children the first time.
“Are you sure?" "Don't spoil the man's name." That is how a child learns never to speak again.
7. If you know something, say something.
Protecting the school's reputation or the family's name is not neutral. Silence is complicity. The number of adults who knew something and said/did nothing is shocking!
8. Protect these girls.
They deserve to heal and to finish their education.
9. Use the rooms you're already in and the platforms you currently have.
PTAs, old students' associations, school boards, community organizations, churches and mosques can all ask one question of every school they're connected to: what is your safeguarding policy, and how can a child report abuse confidentially?
10. Keep this above politics.
These are our daughters. Let’s keep politics out of it and form a united front to solve this issue.
Let’s not fail these nineteen girls by failing to act.
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