Race, Mormonism, and the 2012 Presidential Election
The Presidential Election is less than two weeks away--the campaign has been a long, hard road--vicious and nasty, too. It seemed to uncover some unhealed wounds, making them ooze and run even though many either thought or (falsely and knowingly) insisted they were completely healed. Race in America is a tough nut to crack. It looms largely over us--even Christians, and we just won't have an open dialogue about it; instead, we deny that it is a factor in our elective process and our relationships with one another. However, it clearly IS a real factor. The proof is most evident on Sunday morning when most of us gather (Christians, that is) for worship--blacks in predominately black churches with one style and flavor of worship; caucasians with another; latinos with yet another, and the list goes on. We could argue for language barriers with many, but not among African-Americans and Whites. It is a choice to be separate. In fact, around the turn of the century, at Azuza (the gr...