BYU-I tries to compete with SUU

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BYU-I tries to compete with SUU

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Since SUU has Holland, BYU-I is making do with Brad Wilcox.
The Trib wrote:LDS leader Brad Wilcox named graduation speaker at BYU-Idaho a year after his controversial remarks on race
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A year after he apologized for his remarks about “the Blacks” in the Latter-day Saint faith, prominent church leader Brad Wilcox has been chosen as the keynote speaker for Brigham Young University-Idaho’s graduation ceremony.

The Rexburg school, which is operated privately by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced last week its decision to have Wilcox speak at the April 6 event. Comment sections on the university’s social media pages were quickly filled with students and alumni who said they concerned by the choice — and some who said their posts expressing frustration or disappointment were getting deleted by the school.

“Clearly, the school doesn’t care,” said Marcel Robinson, a Black international student from Jamaica. “I just feel like it’s a spit in the face to have him come talk to students.”
Perhaps there was no better choice available?
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malkie wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:50 am
Perhaps there was no better choice available?
Jesse Helms was unavailable.
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Wilcox has just been released from the YM General Presidency.
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And put into the Sunday School Presidency
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:56 am
malkie wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:50 am
Perhaps there was no better choice available?
Jesse Helms was unavailable.
And Bonnie Cordon is not an elder.
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