A Black Teenager Joins the Mormon Church - Channel Achenbach Pt. 1 | Ep. 1712
January 2, 2023
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as posted by the channelIn this episode we learn about how black families and black culture differ substantially from Mormon white culture, what led Channel to seek God and how that led to her joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Channel tells us the good, bad & ugly of how she was treated as a black teenage convert, when she learned of the Church’s racism, and ways that she accepted, excused, and eventually internalized it to see herself as “less” than her white counterparts.
This became most apparent in dating and marriage. While white men in the church may find her exotic and are willing to date her, Channel finds that they are unwilling to marry her as “mixing seed” would pass her “curse” [black skin] to children that could otherwise have two white parents. As Channel loses herself and what makes her unique to the cultural expectations of the Church she marries another black member of the church at the counsel of her Bishop against her better judgment.
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