Kirby: Past church-sanctioned discrimination means Mormons will never be free from racial scrutiny

I wouldn’t be writing this column but for a conversation/heated debate I had with a fellow Mormon last week, wherein he accused this newspaper of whipping up ill feelings toward the LDS Church by pointing out a racially insensitive song called “White.” Although the reference is to becoming sin-free, Mormons have a history with comparing white to goodness and black to … well, other things. What follows is not intended as an excuse. It’s a regrettable fact. Ready? In my life, I have said the N-w...