Darron Smith is a Doctoral Candidate in the University of Utah, School of Education, the Department of Education, Culture, & Society. His program has an emphasis on civil rights, critical race theory, multicultural education, affirmative action and organizational communication. He received his M.Ed. in  Higher Education from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 2000. He has served as a Consultant to Dean of School of Education at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah and to the Assistant Vice President of Faculty Affairs at Utah Valley College, Orem, Utah. His recent publications include: These House Negroes Still Thing We’re Cursed forthcoming in the  Journal of Cultural Studies, Expect Nothing and Gain Everlasting Life, in All God’s Children: Racial and Ethnic Voices in the LDS Church, Cardell Jacobson, ed. (2003), and Assaulting Our Own: Why Do We Denigrate One Another Instead of Uniting for Social Justice? in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Magazine.