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The Curse of Cain.
Until 1978, the Mormon Church banned blacks from the priesthood because the church believed God had cursed blacks. By the time the ban was lifted, Mitt 
Romney was almost 30 years old. He sat in a racist church with racist doctrines and not only didn’t he question that doctrine, but he also went on to do missionary work overseas and eventually, became a Bishop in the church.
Later, in a 1978 letter, the Mormon church proclaimed that “all worthy male members of the Church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color.”
But the Mormon Church still hasn’t made amends for its discrimination against blacks, nor will it explain its initial decision, only going so far as to say nothing which pre-dates the 1978 revelation really matters.
The Mormon Church eventually launched an ad campaign to better market itself, but that still doesn’t answer the lingering question that many blacks ask of Mitt Romney: How could you be a part of a racist church well into adulthood?
And it certainly doesn’t answer the question that many blacks ask of black Mormons: How you could you be a part of a church that believed you were cursed until 1978?
That’s the question that no one wants to answer. Black Mormons, like Congressional candidate Mia Love, gloss over it. But no black Mormons have directly answered why they adhere to Mormonism given its racist past.
Enter Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, which pulled together a small group of black Mormons and asked them why they’re Mormon and whether or not they’re torn about the upcoming election. It’s interesting and, as always, hilarious. Click here to watch the clip.
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Joia
October 14, 2012 at 8:21 pm
The recent racist bill board ads for Romney were on Clear Channel billboards. Clear Channel is owned by the Mormon church. Enough said.
marcus davis
October 13, 2012 at 8:24 am
Why in the h**l some black folks want to become mormons beats the h**l out of me some black folks are just plain dumb.
Ishmar Muhammad
October 12, 2012 at 1:06 am
Get outta that d**n Religion Blackman we have no Place There! Christians & Jews took turns Promoting the Curse of Ham! Ham was Never Cursed Black because everybody in His Area was Already Black! When you Hear Devils talk like this Know for sure this is only Jealousy! The Blackman is the Original Man & our Real Roots are Directly from the Lord Himself! Yes He is a Man & not some Spook/Ghost! Brigham Young was a Devil who Fooled all these Mormons to Move onto Native Peoples Lands & then turned around & Killed Them! Thievery & Murder sounds like a typical Cracker! Some of these Goobers even Marry eachother i****t! Plain White Rubbish! What a Negroes want to do in here like Braindead Negroes always do,The Whiteman a Mormon so they wanna be one! The Whiteman a BrokeWristFaggit so a n***a wanna do it too? The Whiteman on WallStreet why your Dumb BlackAss not there! I think I know why! Get your BlackAss outta there & Leave that White Shyt Alone! I’m also tired of a SlaveMinded Negro talkin’ about he/she is equal to these Devils? Who are they to be equal to? If you can’t open up a Computer Spot like Bill Gates don’t come up in here with that equality talk! We know they are here to dumb us don’t and make it so we gotta scrounge to make it! I don’t get mad when I see Racism from our 451 year old open Enemies,the only time I get surprised is when they do good! I still be on the lookout for the twist! They do that Snake Dance on us all the Time! They go all around the Planet putting a Brother Down this is why people hate us The Black Nations for no good reason,they have never come into contact with any of us! The Devil is a Liar! If he went around telling the truth he would be somebody else lol Wake That a*s Up Blackman & Woman Allah(God) comes to separate us from our Enemies so that He can get at them for Old & New!
Brendabeyt
October 12, 2012 at 12:35 pm
As saaam alaikum brother you have given up Science to those that have no ears to hear or eyes to see with however the demonstration was worthy. Our history and heritage dictates that we speak truth as all other is naught and that passes away surely. This world was given to Shaitan for only a short time as we now see the politics of their reign slowly coming apart at the seams. No matter the lies that spew forth from the vehicle of the dead they know that they have only a short time left that is why there is desparation and turmoil in every corner of the earth. I hope and pray that People of Color and the true religions of this earth recognize their worth and stay close to the Quoran if not to the letter at least in the spirit of Allah who is Akbar!
Imhotep
October 11, 2012 at 8:05 pm
@ Renee. ..Have u ever been to Utah? Well I have a number of times( rest stop when driving 2 and from Cali. We had a van load of family members get out at the salt palace and walk across the street to eat and those white folks looked at all of us with horror. They even locked their doors in our face at the stop light. And IV got a beautiful fam of women and men. My dad laughed . Mark Jackson said he would retire before going there to play. Derrick Fisher left abruptly also. U must become a fossil of urself in order to becomes apart of their Homogeneous population. If that’s ur idea of change, its a pipe dream. ..Hotep
Renee Cole
October 11, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Yea, so the Mormon Church did not accept Blacks before 1978, but some Blacks are Mormons now. America did not accept Blacks as humans in the days of slavery, but Blacks still love America. Should Blacks not love America because it used to treat us more horribly in the past than in the present? It is okay to be a part of an organization (or a country) that did not accept you before, but now does. That is what revolution and freedom is. These Black Mormans are free to join and possibly “change” an organization that used to overtly reject them. Power to the brave. Power to the brave.
Imhotep
October 11, 2012 at 4:13 pm
What’s funny is that today, Emory University in ATL is writing and proclaiming an apology to Jewish Dental students that experienced racism, hatred and bigotry( you know those Southern Baptist and COGIC’s see the Jews and the ones that “crucified their Savior.”) This behavior happened between 1948 and 1961 according to the report. The way it was discovered is that a former student did a documentary from past students of this era The Prez of Emory is making it his point to make this apology in front of the world for all to see. d**n, I wish we had that kind of power. WOW!!! Go Figure… Ptah Ra
charles
October 11, 2012 at 10:33 am
It is an axiom that when you are born into a setting where all are not free to pursue their dreams one is denied the benefits of liberty, might we say. During the days when Black reparations was raging in the 1990s the counter argument was that the past is the past, that we are at a new place now. That argument is fundamentally flawed. No one in America begins as a blank piece of paper. We are products of that environment of our birth. If we did not have inheritance allowances that might be the case. None of us can ‘unring’ the bell of history.
I recently had a conversation with a young Black man and he, though in his thirties, had not grasped the concept being disenfranchised by the cultural dynamics of Alabama, that his family had not created the social structure of his birth state. His family view of life was never considered but he had been subjected to some other view. Hence, he will always be a victim of this shortfall. Please imagine if America said “we will go back and begin this nation with a blank slate.” What would the social structure look like? Think of what we Black Power advocates would have as part of the legitimate state of affairs. Think!
Ann G.
October 11, 2012 at 10:18 am
Funny, I thought it was “Whites” that were cursed, that’s why they have no color and every other race of people does. The Mormons need to check themselves. What Bible do they read?
elaine clemons
October 11, 2012 at 9:47 am
Just Stockholm syndrome, some affected more than others. That’s why we choose any of the beast’s b.s. So pathetic.
Samantha
October 11, 2012 at 8:40 am
These people are like many others that are so obsessed to be acted by the White population they will overlook past and present disrespect from them and their people.
Jerry Watson
October 10, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Joseph Smith Jr. proclaimed himself a prophet, thereby inventing what is now known as the Mormons of the Ladder Day Saints. Based on the delusional rambling of a heretic. There is no bases for his proclamation that all blacks are cursed, using one person from the real scriptures as evil does not encompass us as a whole. We are given examples of a selected few that they deem to mention, and are expected to except these declarations as gospel. When in fact everyone in the bible was of color, I use to have a hard to time understanding that out of all of Noah’s children one of them was black and yet this child was from his wife, with he and she both being white. We as black people are starting to realize the lies that have been passed off as truth, quoting scriptures from man made religions passing them off as gospel. If we are cursed then we are cursed for our disobediences of God, not because of some man made scripture. We are the chosen people of God, a truth that has been kept from us, and it stands to reason others have known this for sometime. Everything that the black man has endured and continues to go through is in the bible, Deuteronmomy 28 and other subsequent books of the holy bible. Perhaps they where aware of these scriptures, but based on the clarity of the individuals represented it would lens to much of the truth on who we are, so fabricate a lie.
charles
October 11, 2012 at 10:44 am
More than two years ago the last speaker of a language, Bo, died. The speakers of this language had existed more than 65,000 years. If you choose, google Bo language and see the documentation for yourself. I do not clutter my brain with misinformation. In my view, the answer will not be found within the English language or Western culture. Stop leaning on English for some understanding of humankind.
Come on Man
October 11, 2012 at 11:40 am
HalleluYah, Jerry Watson. We must also remember to call on the name of the Creator written in Psams 68:4 which was also taken from us with the help of the adversary. Remember there is no letter ‘J’ in the Hebrew language. The name is Yah (given in all the prophets names. gOD is a german word which means invoked and is given praise to Satan himself.
Hallelu Yah (Praise You Yah)
The movement is on! Come Out Of Her My People.
TRUTH: YAH, YAHOSHUA, HEBREW (Ysrayl), PEOPLE
FALSE: GOD (Jehova), JESUS, JEW, SHEEPLE
Shirley Shepard
October 11, 2012 at 1:48 pm
To Jerry
Who said Noah or his wife was white? The bible never gave their heritage just the region.