Yan sent me this link to the Brigham Young University dress code. Here are some examples:
One of the things I think is really interesting is how aggressively multicultural the posters are. The Mormon church did not allow black men to be priests (and therefore they could not ascend to the highest level of heaven) until 1978.
Thanks Yan!
3 comments:
December 11, 2007 at 8:28 AM
You know what's funny? I lived in Utah long enough that I forgot these were weird. Or that catalogs for modest wedding dresses weren't normal.
BYU is very homogeneous religiously, but quite diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, and nationality. There is a large foreign student population and they actively seek Mormon students from around the U.S. and the world. One result of this is there is a large Pacific Islander (esp. Samoan and Tongan) population in the area as students have settled in the area and brought in family members.
It's weird looking at it as a sociologist--there are so many things I don't like, and yet it's about the most diverse campus you'll see that isn't a community college.
Although for obvious reasons the Mormon church hasn't made many inroads in the African-American population :)
March 31, 2008 at 1:34 AM
Why the Taco Bell-style chihuahua ("Yo quiero [something]")? That seems so random.
April 30, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Oooooooooooooh we can go to the highest level of heaven now! Smashing!
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