BYU study explores Black experiences in LDS Church, discovers both the good and the bad

“Some people see my race rather than seeing me for who I am” — Participants find profound spiritual joy in the faith, along with heartbreaking “racism and isolation.”

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Choir for the Genesis Group, a support congregation for Black Latter-day Saints, rehearses in this file photo. A new study explores the experiences of Black members of Utah's predominant faith.