Editing Unitarian Universalism (section)

===Racism===
{{Main|Racism in the United States|Racial segregation of churches in the United States}}

Internal controversy over the hiring of the UUA's Southern Region Lead (a white man from outside the region was hired rather than a Latina woman who resided within the region) led to resignations and apologies in 2017. UUA President Peter Morales, the denomination's first Latino president, resigned amid criticism of his failure to address the diversity controversies.<ref name="RNS UUA pres resigns">{{cite news |last1=Banks |first1=Adelle |title=Unitarian Universalist president resigns amid diversity controversy |url=https://religionnews.com/2017/03/31/unitarian-universalist-president-resigns-amid-diversity-controversy/ |access-date=28 February 2020 |agency=Religion News Service |date=31 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="UU World White Suprem">{{cite web |last1=McArdle |first1=Elaine |title=Critics see white supremacy in UUA hiring practices |url=https://www.uuworld.org/articles/critics-challenge-uua-hiring-practices |website=UU World |date=27 March 2017 |publisher=Unitarian Universalist Association |access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref> The three co-presidents who took over commissioned a "racism audit" to address [[white supremacy]] within the denomination.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gjelten |first1=Tom |author-link1=Tom Gjelten |title=Unitarian Universalists Denounce White Supremacy, Make Leadership Changes |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/534248664/unitarian-universalists-denounce-white-supremacy-make-leadership-changes |access-date=28 February 2020 |work=[[All Things Considered]] |agency=[[National Public Radio]] |date=24 June 2017}}</ref> In April 2018, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that the UUA "in the past year has been asked to help resolve 15 congregational conflicts involving religious professionals of color".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boorstein |first1=Michelle |title=What happens when a church dedicated to fighting white supremacy is accused of it |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/17/what-happens-when-a-church-dedicated-to-fighting-white-supremacy-is-accused-of-it/ |access-date=28 February 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=17 April 2018}}</ref>