Related Posts: Blacks and the Priesthood; Race issues in the Book of Mormon: Part II; Was Mormonism ever pro-slavery?
There are four principle themes in the Book of Mormon: politics, religion, war, and “race.” This post will explore the last of the four. Though the Book of Mormon says, “[God] denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female,” and “all are alike unto God” (2 Nephi 26:33), when it mentions people cursed with a “skin of blackness” it smacks of racism.
Even though I have titled this post “Race issues in the Book of Mormon,” the people involved are actually of the same family. Continue reading “Racism in the Book of Mormon: Part I”