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

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 190 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	Hello, everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast.
0:03.9	I am your host for today, John Delin.
0:06.4	It is February 10, 2023, and I am so excited to have in studio someone and a member of
0:15.2	a team that I've been so eager and interested to interview for at least over a year.
0:22.4	Today we have in studio Nate Bird, who is one of the members of the Black Menaces or the
0:29.4	group of Black students at Brigham Young University, who over the past year or so kind of took
0:36.6	not just kind of the Mormon TikTok by storm, but whose videos went viral as they performed
0:43.2	a radical act on TikTok as Black BYU students interviewing other BYU students about Black
0:50.0	history, about civil rights, about social justice, and all sorts of really important, interesting
0:56.2	things and their stories and their work has reached national, even international news
1:03.3	levels.
1:04.3	And most importantly, it's just been really inspiring for so many of us.
1:09.0	So Nate Bird, welcome to Mormon Stories podcast.
1:12.3	Thanks John, happy to be on here with you.
1:14.4	Yeah, so excited to get in to your story.
1:18.3	And I'm so excited and honored to have back with us as my co-host for today, Chanel
1:24.5	Rockabock, hey Chanel.
1:26.2	Hey, how you doing?
1:27.2	People loved your story and the times you've been on Mormon Stories and they've said
1:32.0	more Chanel.
1:33.4	So today we get to have more Chanel.
1:36.7	Sounds like fun.
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