Are blacks and hispanics allowed to travel through Salt Lake City airport?

Miramonti

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I've currently got a layover in SLC and I think this is the whitest airport I've ever seen in my life. And I'm not being judgemental, just matter of factly. There are so few blacks and hispanics traveling through here, it's really shocking.

Other observations, there are more polo shirts worn here than in the summer of '84, and it seems the fanny pack was officially replaced by the backpack at some point.
 

Thebobo

Lifer
Jun 19, 2006
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Have you ever seen a black mormon?

"From 1849 to 1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prohibited anyone with black ancestry from being ordained to the priesthood. Wikipedia"

Ahh religion. What would jesus do.
 
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Genx87

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I've currently got a layover in SLC and I think this is the whitest airport I've ever seen in my life. And I'm not being judgemental, just matter of factly. There are so few blacks and hispanics traveling through here, it's really shocking.

Other observations, there are more polo shirts worn here than in the summer of '84, and it seems the fanny pack was officially replaced by the backpack at some point.

Haha I visited SLC for the first time in late July. I am from MN and thought "I didnt think a place could be more white than MN". But SLC proved me wrong.
 

IronWing

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Jul 20, 2001
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Have you ever seen a black mormon?

"From 1849 to 1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prohibited anyone with black ancestry from being ordained to the priesthood. Wikipedia"

Ahh religion. What would jesus do.
Since all adult male Mormons are considered eligible for the priesthood, effectively the ban was a denial of blacks as fully human. The LDS Church has come a long way in recent decades. Now they need to rethink their stance on women.
 

zinfamous

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Jul 12, 2006
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Since all adult male Mormons are considered eligible for the priesthood, effectively the ban was a denial of blacks as fully human. The LDS Church has come a long way in recent decades. Now they need to rethink their stance on women.

and coffee.
 

GagHalfrunt

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Apr 19, 2001
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Have you ever seen a black mormon?

"From 1849 to 1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prohibited anyone with black ancestry from being ordained to the priesthood. Wikipedia"

Ahh religion. What would jesus do.

Well, by that rationale you'd never see a woman in the airport in Rome. How are those crazy Catholics doing with female priests, took them more than 2000 years, the Mormons couldn't crack 120.
 

Herr Kutz

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I loved SLC when I visited...both times. Not a Mormon, but would definitely live there.
 

Pantoot

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I had a beer called “polygamy porter” on a layover at the airport bar there once. Not the greatest, but seemed about right for the setting.
 

FeuerFrei

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No. Not allowed. If you fly over the airport at Salt Lake, you see enormous letters etched into the runways "WHITES ONLY." It's why you see aircraft abort the landing process from time to time - blacks on board - gotta land elsewhere.
 

brianmanahan

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it's kind of rare for a large city to be mostly white

but if you go to any small rural area in the midwest, it will likely be %100 white or very close to it

when i went to school there was 1 black kid and 1 asian kid out of hundreds of students, everyone else white. and 4 black people in a zip code of several thousand people.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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I had a beer called “polygamy porter” on a layover at the airport bar there once. Not the greatest, but seemed about right for the setting.
That's from Wasatch brewery in utah. Their Devastator dopplebock is awesome.
I lived in SLC for a while. They have some decent Indian food and Chinese food. The streets roll up about 8 pm and they cut the power in their main auditorium/convention center at 12 pm whether there's an act playing or not. Cheap food, cheap clothes and, expensive housing. Large families and church loans for housing ensure young Mormons aren't going anywhere.
 

Darwin333

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it's kind of rare for a large city to be mostly white

but if you go to any small rural area in the midwest, it will likely be %100 white or very close to it

when i went to school there was 1 black kid and 1 asian kid out of hundreds of students, everyone else white. and 4 black people in a zip code of several thousand people.

But it led you to us.
 
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paperfist

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It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Maine but when I went as a teen I thought I was in another world. There was nothing but pure white blonde people.

Not sure if it’s remained that way...
 

highland145

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It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Maine but when I went as a teen I thought I was in another world. There was nothing but pure white blonde people.
Hell, there's a pure white blond kid in my house (S.C.). Pretty sure he's not mine since I'm 60% Portuguese. What does that say?

:p
 
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