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Author Joanna Brooks on her new book, “The Book of Mormon Girl" and the current view of the religion.
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A -- but can an African Americans measurements who.
-- one of the criticisms suggests.
Of all of the Mormon religion has just.
All of the exclusion of some level.
Of African Americans but perhaps you can enlighten me on them.
Right well in in the book I talk about growing up as a -- -- younger raw.
Without black people on my church is and it was never that African American people where excluded from -- isn't black -- -- Allowed for about a hundred years of the faith to do your deign to priest says it's a lake -- so.
All manner pre -- -- effective -- African American men were excluded for along time and it was that it was -- as a racist policy.
But I group of that is normal and I remember how relieved Deborah was in 1978 when the policy -- changed.
And we've seen dramatic changes in Mormon is and -- that I mean they're still.
Racism that lingers that need to be worked out -- in any community we need to deal with -- really.
-- in love one another.
Return divergent on investing dead and the cougar.
And one an overall in the dark side of the camel and straight out in my father my father was a loyal FOX News Watch him -- south.
You know forgive me I became a Mormon liberal -- UAL its -- I tell people I'm I'm defensive about fox knows -- and I don't work for what I consider -- But where we're we're primarily a fox the Fox Business Network -- -- -- -- -- your program.
Which is on all over the world but.
Environment in mice does not my job to defend Fox News.
However my inclination -- centers so I'll tell you won't.
Because -- are they are not a right wing.
But -- crypto Nazi Germany -- -- some of them.
Opinion shows.
Like Canada -- establishment -- personal front month.
This clinically insane reveals first assistant counsel -- doable but their news pretty much.
Straight down a -- so.
But often get criticized tremendous right -- Own.
Juggernaut of vote of propaganda and in my -- -- -- but I anyway.
It is general.
In my dad's -- -- station you know I don't violently and he passed away about six weeks ago now.
What I wanted to die he -- parents.
He has -- this to heart disease -- our -- gave us cents great comfort and in the book I talk about all molest since he left me.
Airmen are being a little girl sitting in that with him when I was seven years old is credence -- that the Mormon and the closeness that faith brings to families.
You know especially when you're against this outside world -- -- so big and dangerous as a parent the lessons wanna pass -- your children.
He's just such a deep imprint on me and one of the -- to gain was this great -- -- -- -- I hope so I I try not to and he was he really convenient and -- -- ago.
-- -- -- -- -- Yet happened so long.
If -- around narrative all liberal to a now granted -- not a director disappointment.
Well I'm more liberal and I am -- whatever but Ireland.
What kind of support gay marriage in fact -- universal life church and do little Tony that you can do not only about your ministerial career there aren't gonna -- you reverend.
It's and sure not -- but on.
What does not ordinarily -- Komondor -- of the -- probably wouldn't go into court in my.
But anyway.
I'm so that triggered -- is -- decided.
I was thinking -- all the Irish should there be appropriate respect for many different culture when you're on -- -- I have my key hurdle he.
But.
-- -- -- -- -- Well a lot of them apparently.
-- -- explained it's -- civic reasons but a Warner Bros.
hostility comes just a misunderstanding.
It was a long time -- -- I mean during the late nineteen century mormons last the United States we walked out we moved TU -- to start our own society and there are so many stereotypes misunderstandings -- federal army marched on the top it and that's this level of tension between.
Mormon is in the rest American society and -- its when he essentially must that was sort of absorbed.
In the late -- tension in 1960s and seventies a lot of Protestant Sunday schools actually tot.
An antique coal curriculum.
And they included mormonism is one of those calls they needed to about most something dangers that as a threat to the the Christian church and so a lot of my friends -- up watching films about mormons in church that made a -- -- because space alien worshiping is.
Theory strange cult members.
Ends -- and an -- on the -- a -- missing -- think Donny Marie Osmond on TV 800 was normal shiny -- capital family oriented people -- and -- -- them.
I -- out by talking on the button -- Johnson was my hero.
Branches have screwed up life and I'll like Richard about a wanna like -- -- -- So don't know -- I'm memories life I won -- Obama's top spot for her and -- all I can.
But a minute I'm always both -- you didn't reduce its battle to small like c'mon girl gone down well I'm cute I'm just.
We know when I was a little girl there are no mormons on TV they mormons are reading and that's in publishing them -- in -- -- by Ameren Illinois any aren't what -- your -- say about a word god bless him and me.
When -- brought this George Reynolds of the -- -- Merriam.
Not that was difficult.
You know marrying inside the -- Plays a big role in Mormon beliefs you know mormons believe that marrying -- a in a very -- him -- his -- that marrying another Mormon is the way to get sued the -- kind of happened.
Japan and you know I I happened to final having -- -- -- with someone I really love and who really looks out for May sound you know my tag crew overtime to really except my husband which is.
Important -- English you know sink -- take its internal -- things -- gonna work.
Count numbers say in the book of Mormon -- rob -- and I have and I laughs do you 75% of that.
Corresponding amount it -- and there's there's been enough -- their -- that -- yeah.
There -- truck parts of and you could have a few.
I -- -- that if you read it to the demagoguery there of the couple bushels up one song -- -- Took sort of lower the tall girl a couple and I was curious as to whether your head net new life into left there's under 5% of -- but I center battles and.
Well it's.
Comfortable to be in a theater a bunch of strangers laughing your religion but there's so much about mormons that ended -- the more musical authors get -- right.
Mormons are generally sweet people who want to serve you know and that comes stereo and I try to talk about an ad that is -- over aren't.
And the warm hearted goodness of the community I Grafton.
So -- they got that right and that was nice to see and a message -- probably say all religions live alone ridiculous so you believe.
In -- blown through ties to believe.
They're very charming and -- -- -- -- well ordered to think of some.
-- enormously important Arlen thank you I hope people come to see Mormon to human beings Paul thank you very much totally trashing -- -- quite welcome -- -- Above one of one of important vote.
The book of Mormon girl a moment Americans exhilarated -- ramble on.
