Mormon Stories Podcast

1731: Exposing BYU’s Racism Goes VIRAL - Black Menaces’ Nathan Byrd

Feb 20, 2023

03:09:48

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How Does the Pandemic Affect Your Faith?

01:55

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King

02:50

Is There an Extra Level of Racism Against Black Americans?

03:10

Introduction

2min

The Black Measuring Project

2min

The Black Menaces Podcast - Is That Right?

2min

Are Both My Parents Black?

4min

Are You Stunned, Chanel?

2min

Is There a Difference Between Cub Scouts and Mormonism?

3min

Is Your Family Culture Orthodox?

2min

Are You a Black Member of the Ward?

3min

Is There a Theology About Skin Color and Resurrection?

2min

10.

Being Black and Being Mormon - Is That a Part of the Problem?

3min

11.

Mormonism

4min

12.

I'm Just Listening to My Dad Talk

4min

13.

The Mormon Church Was Good for Your Family Structure

2min

14.

What's the Difference Between the Slave and the Black?

2min

15.

Growing Up Surrounded by White People

4min

16.

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King

3min

17.

What Was It Like to Read the Book of Mormon?

4min

18.

Did You Date in High School?

3min

19.

Are You Proud to Date Outside Your Race?

5min

20.

You Didn't Date Much in High School?

2min

21.

Why Did You Go to BYU?

2min

22.

Is Your Dad a Black Jew?

2min

23.

Black Americans Identifying as Hebrew, Israelite, Black Jews?

2min

24.

Is There a White Jesus in the Church?

3min

25.

Is Your Upbringing More Strict Than the Average Orthodox Mormon?

2min

26.

Is There a Lineage in the Pitch-Hargo Blessing?

2min

27.

You Didn't Get a Lineage?

2min

28.

Do You Believe in a Patriarchal Blessing?

5min

29.

Byu

2min

30.

Are You a Mormon or an Ex-Moron?

5min

31.

What Elements of Your Black Identity Did You Undo in High School?

2min

32.

BYU Speaking

2min

33.

Black People Say Racist Things and Make Racist Jokes

3min

34.

What I Learned From My Mission

2min

35.

The Only Experiences I Ever Had at BYU

2min

36.

What Are Some of the Microaggressions?

2min

37.

How Did You Feel When You Got Called to Houston?

5min

38.

Are You a Good Missionary?

3min

39.

Is the Church Saved the Family?

4min

40.

Are You Trying to Break the Barriers?

3min

41.

Did You Learn About the Curse of Came in the Priesthood Ban?

4min

42.

The Gospel Is True, but the Church Isn't

2min

43.

Why Are You a Missionary?

3min

44.

How to Make Comparisonships Work

4min

45.

Is There a Bubble in the Internet?

3min

46.

The Priesthood Ban - Blacks in the Scriptures

2min

47.

The Book of Mormon Isn't Racist

2min

48.

The Apologetics, Is It Really Doctrine?

3min

49.

What Was the Like Going Back to BYU?

5min

50.

A Black American General Authority in General Conference

2min

51.

Is There an Extra Level of Racism Against Black Americans?

3min

52.

Ahmad Corbett - Is He a Black American?

3min

53.

How Did the Blacks Have the Priesthood?

2min

54.

Are You a BYU Student?

3min

55.

How to Show Restraint at BYU?

3min

56.

What Was Your Intent to Not Argue or Educate or Debate?

2min

57.

How BYU Reacted to a Sit-In

4min

58.

Did the Church Use a Mod as a Token?

2min

59.

Are You Still Interviewing on BYU?

3min

60.

How Does the Pandemic Affect Your Faith?

2min

61.

How Did BYU Wards End Up Feeling Comfortable?

1min

62.

The Last Straw Was, Um, Leaving the Church

5min

63.

Do You Have a Theological and Historical Deconstruction?

3min

64.

Is the Church a Healthy Place for Black Americans?

2min

65.

The Church Is a Business Before It's a Religion

2min

66.

Is There Still Blacks in the Church?

2min

67.

Is There Anything You Would Like to Say to the Audience?

3min

68.

Black Mastened - What Can You Donate?

2min

69.

You're Bringing Your Voice to Marmar Stories

2min

Nate Byrd discusses his experiences as a Black Mormon and how he navigated his identity in a church with a history of white supremacy. He talks about being the only Black family in his wards and the pressure to conform to white norms, including attending BYU and marrying a Black Mormon. He also shares his experiences with racism at BYU, both from white students and from the church's teachings on race.

Byrd discusses his journey of self-discovery and how he channeled his anger into making things better for Black students at BYU, including starting a Black Student Union. He also talks about his TikTok channel, where he discusses the cringey and racist things he experienced at BYU, and his intentions to help others in similar situations. Byrd concludes by reflecting on the challenges of reconciling his faith with the church's history of white supremacy and how he continues to grapple with these issues.

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