Currently Mormons for Research is conducting a Mormon survey on race and we need your help! The survey on Mormon racial attitudes is doing extremely well but we are in need of members of the LDS faith of African descent to please take the survey. If you have black friends who are members of...

By Dr. Claude Weathersby It appears that the history of the United States is not something that is considered terribly important for many. Or should I say, the true history as it relates to African Americans is not considered important. Could it be the manner in which social studies and...

I was invited to read a post written by my friend Paul Barker about the history of blacks and the Mormon church. A lot of thought and research was put into the post, so I want to share it with my readers as well. Enjoy! If you are not familiar with the Mormon faith, church members of African...

By Dr. Darron T. Smith Virtually every major white institution and its stakeholders are well aware of the multiple stereotypes regarding Black males, and much of that information is gleaned largely from popular media. No other medium has the ability to reach so many American homes influencing...

Darron appears in the segment at 11:21 Watch Impact - Jan. 12th, 2012 on PBS. See more from...

This is my interview with ESPN’s Outside the Line last 2011 NCAA basketball season regarding Brandon Davies BYU honor code violation Tweet

Greetings friends! I was recently featured on Mormon Expression. Please listen and share with others. http://mormonexpression.com/2012/06/11/episode-206-mormonism-and-race/   Tweet

By Dr. Darron T. Smith In the zany world of Utah politics where Republicans naturally remains right of center, but Democrats venture toward the middle, Mia Love’s (read about her here) recent rise to national prominence came about after defeating former state legislator Carl Wimmer for the...

By Dr. Darron T. Smith Part 1: Understanding Mia Love’s Racial Consciousness Don’t be fooled by what you see. Mia Love (see here) might look black, but she ain’t like “us.” Despite the well-known racist notion that “all blacks look alike,” there is more to being black than looks...

By Dr. Darron T. Smith The recent explosion in transracial adoptions (white parents adopting black children) within United States, especially by high profile celebrities such as Sandra Bullock, Madonna and Angelina Jolie, sends a dangerous message to ordinary Americans that race, racism and...