Welcome to part III of this really important Latter Day Struggles mini-series exploring the topic of how all organizations (our church included) create hierarchical systems with those in power and those who are seen as deviant, ‘other’ or an ‘out-group’ in some way.  

So far in this series we have explained the psychological phenomenon itself, zoomed in on how this plays out on the ground in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and now we are going to spend the next two episodes walking through the six-step process of how humans create those groupings whom we choose to dominate, subjugate, and marginalize.   

This episode tackles in detail the first three steps:  

1) Mark the difference in a group of people who are unlike yourself. 

2) Stigmatize the difference.

3) Institutionalize the discrimination practiced against the group.

FRIDAY’S episode IV (accessed by following the subscription link at the end of the show notes) tackles steps 4-6.   

In these next two episodes (today’s and Fridays) Val and Nathan will offer both historical and current examples of how each of these steps in the creation of marginalized “out-group” populations looks both within the LDS faith and in other contexts.  

Get ready to have your mind further expanded.  

Here is the link to the book being referenced in this series: “Living with History: Making Social Change by Gerta Lerner:  

https://a.co/d/5wEvMqp

Here is the link to subscribe and listen to the next episode in this series [and every Friday episode].         

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/valerie-hamaker/subscribe?fbclid=PAAaZOujT5Iv-ArVKxx_ZnsJryIeK7uymznxXxCfmDAjArPXxc9c6MCky899g_aem_ATa689KXBF31ycMSoST32hApZpdhYUynZdSHSbNSgCplOwFGXHIYlkS8IOvJbd5xJbU

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