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They would probably castigate America for slavery of centuries past instead of celebrating its racial tolerance of today. [Zulu, post #16]

Typical liberal hate--digging up something that was over with forty years ago [hinckley buzzard, post #3]

At least some random Christian denomination allows one to confess and make amends for being a racist. [morpheus2009, post #4]

Where’s the article about “Democrat Party’s Racist Past” with regard to blacks? [Protect our freedom, post #7]

As long as we are going to dig into the past... [E. Pluribus Unum, post #15]

My question to Zulu, Hinckley Buzzard, Morpheus, Protect our freedom, and e. Pluribus Unum, is: Why do you assume that overt Mormon racism went out the door in 1978? (And no Hinckley Buzzard, that wasn't 40 years ago.)

In fact, why are you seemingly defending the Mormon sacred-book verses below?
Do you think black skin is a "curse" and white skin color is "delightsome?"

There's five Book of Mormon verses below talking about how the "skin of blackness" is a "cursing" based upon their "iniquity" (2 Nephi 5:21; Alma 3:6; Jacob 3:5) and how when the curse would be removed, they would again become "white" (3 Nephi 2:15), which the Book of Mormon says is a "delightsome" color (2 Nephi 5:21; cf. older version of 2 Nephi 30:6):

* "And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceeding fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them." (2 Nephi 5:21)

* "...many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a white and delightsome people." (2 Nephi 30:6, pre-1981 versions...changed from unknown reasons in 1981 to "fair and delightsome")

* "And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against the their brethren..." (Alma 3:6)

* "Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins..." (Jacob 3:5)

* "And their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites." (3 Nephi 2:15)

On the next post, I'll also highlight Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 134:12, also another racist Mormon sacred-book passage that hasn't been touched, revised, removed...