Show Quilts as symbols Are we exporting Mormon culture to Los Angeles Terry Dillon Associate Editor Every good gi gift f I every perfect gi gift f f is from above James WARM ARM wishes of peace love harmony tranquility tranquility tranquility tran- tran and perfect clarity for fora a happy human race These were part of the peace quilting quilting quilting quilt quilt- ing projects project's plan of salvation salvation salvation salva salva- tion for far Los Angeles We are attempting to give intangibles intangibles intangibles gibles as symbolized by hand- hand tied quilts In San Francisco during the late and early I was employed in a company ny where I worked with Black Blaek Muslims These men and women were not altogether thrilled to be working with me me-a me a person from Utah Utah is perceived by some to tobe tobe tobe be one of the last outs hold-outs of the white It is a human issue to cast blame and to punish a scapegoat We gai gain nothing by our condemnations either of persons for their skin pigmentation pigmentation pigmentation pig pig- or of century sectarian doctrines Indeed all hatred and wars are caused by our human tendency to condemn and cast blame It is our desire to punish scapegoats that is hurting hurting hurting hurt hurt- ing us No religion advocates pe people doing this this not not the religion of Black Muslims northe nor northe northe the religion of Mormons y Hr J a ak k 3 Y rr y Allah and Heavenly Father both want the same thing Some of us only know about salvation through our personal convictions about God or the Universe We have an Im saved and youre you're not or an Im evolved and you arent aren't mentality To give you an example of how this mentality impacts our culture listen to what children are saying T The e following following following fol fol- lowing is a sample of letters written by first grade students at one of the public schools following news coverage of riots in Los Angeles My Dad said that black people like to fight Maybe ther sic mad becas sic we made them be slaves And if we let them go home then they wont sic fight anymore Mandy If they dont don't like it here and they fight then I think they should leave and white people live here we dont don't fight or hurt other people Brian Heavenly Father made them black because they are bad and sic why they fight and they teach there sic kids to fight to sic Bobby When sic get mad they do crazy things and burn down there sic town and I think there sic mad since they dont don't have enough jobs or food or love and they could just com sic to Utah cause we have all that stuff lefty Jeffy In my mind nind Utah citizens making quilts for unknown Americans African-Americans in Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles is delicious It could be a public relations coup for our state if we continue the I momentum In exporting a apiece apiece apiece piece of our culture quilts culture quilts one of the finer nobler a aspects p of Q our r pioneer heritage heritage we we are are also importing importing importing im porting a piece apiece of the riot zone to contemplate and care about We are adopting someone somewhere who who who- as Jeffy said said dont dont have enough jobs or food or love If we could forget whether it was deserved or not and just give unconditional love wouldn't that be something |