For this week, Cody takes a moment to tangentially rant about the history of white supremacist doctrine and philosophy that make up the backbone of Mormonism. The LDS church is currently attempting to capitalize on the murder of George Floyd at the hand of Minneapolis police by spinning some good PR out of the current protests, which is just gross. Warning: this is an uncomfortable episode. Not many jokes. No drugs or magic. Just a lot of really sad racism and white supremacist theology.
References:
MormonThink.com article, Blacks and the Priesthood.
The Salt Lake Tribune article, BYU Football: Remembering the Black 14 Protest.
MormonThink.com article, Race and the Priesthood - Response to LDS.org.
Smith, Joseph Jr., 1845, History of the Church, v. 5, pp. 21-218
Journal of Discourses, Vol. 10, page 250
Smith, Joseph Fielding. Doctrines of Salvation, pp. 65-66
The Book of Mormon (1830 edition)
Salt Lake Tribune. June 8th 2020. Despite joining President Nelson in call to end racism, NAACP would like to see the LDS Church do more.