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EPISODE · Nov 28, 2017 · 1H 6M

219: Growing up Tongan in Salt Lake City: Moana Uluave Hafoka

from A Thoughtful Faith - Mormon / LDS · host Open Stories Foundation

With the promise of education, social mobility and gathering to Zion, many Tongan and Samoan Mormons have made Utah their home.  But what are the challenges for Polynesians growing up in Salt Lake where wealth, church leadership, education, and opportunity continue to be a  racial privilege?  What are the psychic and cultural costs for those children who live between two worlds without really being grounded in either?

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