Living in Utah by way of Florida, I come across many African American / Mormon/LDS stories. I found an article early this year about a young black Mormon/LDS man named Marcus McCoy, a recent BYU graduate from Louisiana, who was interviewed about race and the Mormon/LDS Church.
He was asked if being at BYU was difficult, he was quoted as saying this:
“It can be difficult," McCoy said. "Because I'm black, I have to live to a higher standard. If I give a bad example, it can be perpetuated. People take the example of one black person and stereotype the whole culture.”
My question is this – Have you ever been in a situation as a black American, where you felt you had to live a higher standard or you would be guilty of giving all black Americans a bad name?
http://www.mormontimes.com/people_news/peo...
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Saturday, December 12th 2009 at 12:12PM
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