Tag Archives: Discrimination

• How Do You Define Disability?

  Posted on December 6, 2019 by IngridRicks in Featured

  I never gave much thought to the word Disability until I was slapped with that label and told to expect widespread stigma and social isolation. That’s when I understood just how messed up these ingrained prejudices and assumptions are when it comes to people dealing with a challenge that has been shoved under the disabilities […]

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• A Black Mormon Defends Religion’s Racist Past. I Can’t.

  Posted on June 11, 2011 by IngridRicks in Articles, Uncategorized

  On June 9, 1978, the Mormon Church suddenly reversed its policy denying black people equal rights in the religion. Now, thirty three years to the month after the Church reversed this racist policy, a black Mormon priesthood holder is defending the discrimination, calling it part of “God’s unfolding plan.”

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