Are most Mormons Racist?

Question

I've heard that Mormons until the 1970's believed that "colored" people were cursed with the mark of Cain. It seems very hard to believe that people's beliefs especially those founded in and perpetuated by religion and an institution like a church would truly be so quick to change... So are most Mormons still racist?

Answer 1

That's what their "Prophets" said....oh...ooops....never mind....uhhh - errrr....

Well - let's look at the words of Ol' Brigham Young, shall we??

"You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind.

The first man that committed the odious crime of killing one of his brethren will be cursed the longest of any one of the children of Adam. Cain slew his brother. Cain might have been killed, and that would have put a termination to that line of human beings.

This was not to be, and the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin. Trace mankind down to after the flood, and then another curse is pronounced upon the same race--that they should be the "servant of servants;" and they will be, until that curse is removed."

Brigham Young-President and second 'Prophet' of the Mormon Church, 1844-1877- Extract from Journal of Discourses.

Answer 2

I can't speak for all Mormons but I just watched a television program (documentary) about a Mormon family in rural Utah. He did state that people of color are the decendents of Cain and that the color was the mark given to Cain and his line as a curse upon them. I am not sure where they got this information. My Bible makes no such suggestion. This program was taped within the past six months.

Answer 3

If Mormons are sitting down eating at the Nauvoo Cafe at the Joseph Smith Memorial building and a non-white sits down at the table next to them they will show their racism not through words but through their own actions. Last month this very same thing happened. At the Nauvoo Cafe, a Mormon family was sitting down at a table eating together but the grandma had a battery powered wheelchair. She left a bag and a purse on her wheelchair. When the Non-white sat down next to them immediately the grandma grabbed her purse as soon as she saw the non-white customer. Less then a minute later the daughter of that grandma after eyeballing the non-white also grabbed the grandmas bag off that wheelchair. She then said out loud, "Grandma, are we watching your stuff"?

As a matter of fact if that non-white never sat down next to them they would have never acted so defensively or have grabbed their bags. If nobody else sat down there the bags would have remained where they were. Likewise, if a white man sat down next to the bags the bags would have also remained right where they were.

This is a clear sign of Mormon Racism. Racism and Bigotry is everywhere including at the LDS Temple square! I Testify to the fact! I witnessed this first hand! BTW that non-white was a Mormon himself, don't ask me how I know!

Answer 4

actual, all people used to racist in the previous the 60's. For some reason, the fact that Mormons have been too made them terrible people and nevertheless racist at present. It would not make experience, besides the indisputable fact that this is genuine.

Answer 5

I haven't met any racist Mormons. I have a cute booklet at home that is about the black pioneers in Utah, including Green Flake. There was a musical made recently about black pioneer Jane Manning James, but I have yet to figure out how to get a copy. Plus we always have Gladys Knight. :) Have a happy day, and I send you a virtual gummy bear.

Answer 6

If by "most" you mean contemporary Mormans, then no. I don't think they realize how racist their leaders have been in the past. Perhaps the Church of LDS isn't being honest with how interwoven racism was with their earlier beliefs.

Answer 7

The Mormons I've known weren't. But then again, they weren't very strict Mormons.

Answer 8

No Mormons are not racist. It is true that until the mid 70's men of African descent could not hold the priesthood. They could be members of the church though. This posed a huge problem for us as we have hundreds of thousands of members of African descent worldwide. So this meant we had to send other priesthood holders all over the world to oversee these meetings. We believe this to have been instituted by the Lord. Just as Jesus only taught certain groups of people as various times so it was w/ the African descendants. Either the Lord had us to wait until the African men were ready to take the responsibilities of the priesthood or the Lord had us to wait until the world was ready for this. Anyway ,we love our African membership. What a wonderful people

Answer 9

about a hour ago i went to a web site called the real history of mormoms though out history they were very much against "BLACK SKIN" peoples i think strict mormons are still against "BLACK SKIN "peoples.

Answer 10

I have family living in Utah, they have friends and neighbors who are LDS, and the ones I have met, are the nicest people, they are kind, caring, sharing, generous, very sincere about their religion.

When my grandmother, who was about 90 years old, and sick and unable to care for herself, they were extremely helpful to her. They took care of her, her home, cooked for her, took her to doctor's appointments, they were my grandmother's guardian angels, we were unable to assist my grandmother, we live in California.