I'm not an expert on Utah or on racism, but I know that SLC and Ogden, both cities in Utah, had HOLC maps with redlining. There were Black people in Utah befor

I'm not an expert on Utah or on racism, but I know that SLC and Ogden, both cities in Utah, had HOLC maps with redlining. There were Black people in Utah before the LDS church. There were Black slaves owned by members of the LDS church until slavery was made illegal, and there are and were Black Mormons since the time of Brigham Young. Per the below link, there might have been more that came or stayed on in Utah, if the area had been more welcoming, but discrimination in housing, work opportunity, and arguably in the LDS faith had an impact. As best I can tell, Utah never had a particularly big Black population, and many many racist policies kept it that way. I suppose you could argue that that's natural, but I don't see it. Redlining Maps: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining Utah and African Americans (1994) https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/a/African_Americans.shtml https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/a/African_Amer... 100 Year History of Racist Housing Policy: https://www.shareable.net/timeline-of-100-years-of-racist-housing-policy-that-created-a-separate-and-unequal-america/ https://www.shareable.net/timeline-of-100-years-of-racist-ho...