‘Mormon Land’: It’s time for members to call out racism, says Black Latter-day Saint leader

Genesis Group president says his congregants sometimes “don’t feel safe” in their own wards.

(Ronell Hugh) Genesis Group President Ronell Hugh says he encountered a racist threat while hiking in Utah County.

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