BYU Black Menace Leaves Mormon Church Over Racism - Sebastian Stewart-Johnson | Ep. 1891

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 297 minutes

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Summary

Get ready for an explosive and unfiltered look at life as a Black student at BYU! Sebastian takes us on a wild ride as he dishes about the viral rise of his "Black Menaces" group, a provocative movement that fearlessly called out racism within Mormon culture. From protests that sparked national headlines to tense confrontations with horrified church leaders like Brad Wilcox, Sebastian holds nothing back. He delves into the trauma of being constantly stared at and "othered" on BYU's overwhelmingly white campus, receiving vile racist abuse and death threats just for daring to speak truth to power. Sebastian's story is a raw, unsettling wake-up call about the insidious persistence of racism, even in religious communities that preach love and equality. Get ready to have your perceptions shattered by this bold revolutionary's refusal to stay silent in the face of oppression.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Warm Stories podcast. I am one of your
0:03.5	host for today, John Delinn. It's April 17th, 2024. I have as a co-host in studio today returning
0:11.2	to Mormon Studios, the one the only Nate Bird. Hey,
0:14.3	Hey John, happy to be here.
0:16.2	Good to have you.
0:16.9	Nate is one of the co-hosts for Black Manneices podcast.
0:20.1	Is it the Black Manises or Black Manises?
0:22.3	A little bit of both. Little bit of bothaces or Black Manises? A little bit of both.
0:24.0	Black Menaces Podcast.
0:25.0	All right.
0:26.0	And the special guest for today,
0:28.0	the focus for today's interview
0:30.0	is someone I've wanted to have on Moremer podcast for a long time relatively his name is
0:35.4	Sebastian Stuart Johnson hey Sebastian hey how are you?
0:39.1	Thanks for joining us yeah happy to be here I joked with them earlier that black menaces, you know, three black
0:45.4	bewie students stirring up all sorts of trouble. I joked with Sebastian and
0:50.3	Nate that I consider them the black menaces Trinity and we were going to argue
0:54.4	about who the Father's son and who the Holy Ghost was but yes we've had
0:58.7	Nate on as one of the founding members of Black Menaces we had Rachel Weaver
1:02.3	on another founder and then
1:04.0	Sebastian rounds it out but we had to wait until when Sebastian. So that degree came in
1:09.0	a mail. Honestly because what happens if you come on Mormon stories potentially before you get your diploma in hand?
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