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QDear 100 Hour Board, What exactly is the "Utah Mormon" stereotype? I was born and raised here, and I have never eaten jello salad with carrots or ratted my hair a foot above my head. What is characteristic of these "suspicious" Utah Mormons, and how can I avoid this "terrifying" transformation (or, do I even want to . . .)? - One who grew up hearing that "This IS the Place" ADear One~ Sadly, overuse of quotation marks is not a Utah Mormon stereotype. Some of the stereotypes about us are essentially true, and some are based in fantasy. Since you're from here, you should be able to sort fact from fiction. The ones I'm aware of: Lack of testimony or shallow testimony Lack of experience with an imaginary place called The Real World, usually defined as anywhere outside of Utah or "wherever I'm from". Dogmatic adherence to non-doctrines or semi-doctrines like caffeine or playing video games on Sunday Naivete Bad driving skills A unique lexicon "Oh, flip/fetch!" "Oh my heck!" etc. Xenophobia JELL-O consumption, esp. green JELL-O and JELL-O with all sorts of things in it Blind Republican loyalty Weird names for children Large families Young married couples Skewed idea of the concept of Zion (re: xenophobia) Those are the only ones I can think of at the moment. I'm sure some other writers will jump in here, too, and most tragically of all, I'm sure a lot of the people reading this will think that these are all accurate descriptions of Utah Mormons. As for how to avoid this terrifying transformation: Just go ahead and be you. For some reason, there's a fair amount of intense bigotry against Utah from many members of the Church, and there's irritatingly little you can do about it. Have a nice life, and leave the narrow-minded to their own devices. That's the best advice I can think of. ~Hobbes Back |
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