Ep. 1 - Where is the racism?

This is the first of four episodes that look at racism and its relation to BYU's Committee on Race Equity and Belonging's report and recommendations published in February 2021. In this episode we address the narrative of racism that was pushed heavily beginning with the tragic death of George Floyd. We attempt to separate fact from fiction on the narrative of racism in America.

Intro: On February 26, 2021 BYUs committee on race equity and belonging released a report detailing their study of racism at BYU. It listed 26 recommendations for BYU to take to address the problem. President Worthen praised the committees work and said the recommendations were being implemented. One committee member stated that these recommendations were just the beginning for the work that needed to be done. But what are the committee’s recommendations? Is there widespread racism on BYU’s campus? Will the recommendations work?  We are going to do a deep dive into this subject explain why this report’s conclusions and recommendations are overall damaging to all races in the BYU community. In part one we will not be looking at the report. We will start with the foundation, where did this report come from? What narratives does it push? Where did those narratives come from?