Highest "ranking" black member in your stake? - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

MikeWaters · 12-19-2007, 03:33 PM

We have a black member of the high council.

Indy Coug · 12-19-2007, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

We have a black member of the high council.

Stake YM President

Archaea · 12-19-2007, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

We have a black member of the high council.

Gladys Knight, she's the Queen of music. And a great lady too.

jay santos · 12-19-2007, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

We have a black member of the high council.

I don't think we have an active black family in our stake. I know there is a black/Jamaican family in the area that's inactive.

Indy Coug · 12-19-2007, 03:43 PM

In my last ward in SLC before escaping Utah in 1997, the 2nd counselor in the bishopric was AA.

tooblue · 12-19-2007, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

We have a black member of the high council.

I know a Bishop from Africa, councilor in the Stake Presidency and former Bishop from Jamaica, and the Stake President is Chinese.

BYU71 · 12-19-2007, 03:48 PM

I live in bountiful. That should answer your question.

Indy Coug · 12-19-2007, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BYU71

I live in bountiful. That should answer your question.

This thread is pretty useless because most of the posters here live in a place whiter than Stockholm. I'm curious what answer Chino might come up with, given he lives near Wash DC.

ute4ever · 12-19-2007, 03:54 PM

Here in SoCal I have lived in two stakes but never seen a non-Caucasian in either of their high councils or presidencies, nor in seven bishoprics.

As a missionary in Arkansas there was a black high councilman for about a year.

Tex · 12-19-2007, 04:22 PM

Our high council has a black, two hispanics (one from Mexico, one from Spain), three Asians (Korea, Japan, and China), an Italian, a Russian, a Czech, an Aussie, and two South Americans (Brazil and Columbia). Our Stake Presidency is made of three women: one married with no children, one who is single, and the President has 10 children and is a working mother. The Stake Clerk is a hick who wears a wifebeater to presidency meetings, and the Stake Exec Sec is a convert former Baptist.

We were featured in Who's Who in American Diversity three years in a row, and got a full spread in the Ensign.

12-19-2007, 03:33 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Highest "ranking" black member in your stake? We have a black member of the high council.

12-19-2007, 04:22 PM	#10
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	Our high council has a black, two hispanics (one from Mexico, one from Spain), three Asians (Korea, Japan, and China), an Italian, a Russian, a Czech, an Aussie, and two South Americans (Brazil and Columbia). Our Stake Presidency is made of three women: one married with no children, one who is single, and the President has 10 children and is a working mother. The Stake Clerk is a hick who wears a wifebeater to presidency meetings, and the Stake Exec Sec is a convert former Baptist. We were featured in Who's Who in American Diversity three years in a row, and got a full spread in the Ensign. __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

12-19-2007, 03:43 PM	#5
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	In my last ward in SLC before escaping Utah in 1997, the 2nd counselor in the bishopric was AA.

12-19-2007, 03:48 PM	#7
BYU71 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,084	I live in bountiful. That should answer your question.

12-19-2007, 03:54 PM	#9
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	Here in SoCal I have lived in two stakes but never seen a non-Caucasian in either of their high councils or presidencies, nor in seven bishoprics. As a missionary in Arkansas there was a black high councilman for about a year.