90. 7 Ways to Lead Out Against Racism

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🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This week, Tim and Aubrey Chaves of Faith Matters welcomed back Charles Inouye. When they first spoke with Charles a couple months ago, he mentioned that he had prepared some thoughts on living a life free of racism. Given President Nelson’s recent call for members of the Church to “lead out in abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice,” we wanted to get him back on as soon as we could so he could share his impressive insights.

We knew that Charles would have a unique perspective to share on this topic. As the son of Japanese parents who were held in the Heart Mountain, Wyoming internment camp during World War II, he grew up as part of the only Japanese family in the small town of Sigurd, Utah.

Charles spent much of his youth working on his family’s farm in Sigurd, but eventually served a mission in Japan. He later went on to earn degrees from some of the world’s most prestigious universities, including a BA from Stanford and a PhD from Harvard. He’s now a Professor of Japanese Literature and Visual Culture at Tufts University.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, this is Patrick Mason.
0:03.6	Last year's Restore Gathering was one of the highlights of my year, and this year's
0:07.4	gathering is going to be even bigger and better.
0:10.2	In addition to the fantastic lineup of speakers, there will be amazing art, and we promise
0:14.9	the music will be better than your word choir.
0:17.6	So come join us at Restore on October 13th and 14th at the Mountain America Expo Center
0:22.0	in Sandy, Utah.
0:23.7	For tickets, go to faithmatters.org slash restore, and see you there.
0:29.1	Hey everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters.
0:31.9	For today's episode, we brought back Charles in a way for a conversation about racism.
0:35.8	When we first spoke with Charles a couple of months ago, he mentioned that he had prepared
0:39.6	some thoughts on living a life free of racism, and given President Nelson's recent call
0:43.8	to lead out in abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice, we got him back on as soon
0:47.8	as we could so that he could share his insights.
0:50.3	We knew that Charles would have a unique perspective to share on this topic as the son
0:53.6	of Japanese parents who were held in the heart mountain Wyoming internment camp during World
0:57.4	War II, and having grown up as part of the only Japanese family in a small town in
1:01.0	Sigurd, Utah.
1:02.6	Charles spent much of his youth working on his family's farm in Sigurd, but eventually
1:05.2	served a mission in Japan, and then went on to earn degrees from some of the world's
1:08.6	most prestigious universities, including a BA from Stanford and a PhD from Harvard.
1:13.4	He's now a professor of Japanese literature and visual culture at Tufts University.
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