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Contents
- 1 Response to questions about racism in the Book of Mormon
- 1.1 Quick Navigation
- 1.2 "the Book of Mormon....claims that God cursed the Native Americans with dark skin"
- 1.3 The author's unresolved question "(25 June 2014 revision): I began to feel deeply troubled by the racist narrative of the Book of Mormon, which to this day claims that God cursed the Native Americans with dark skin, as a result of their wickedness."
- 1.4 The Lamanite curse
Response to questions about racism in the Book of Mormon
| Brigham Young and the priesthood ban | A work by author: John Dehlin
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"the Book of Mormon....claims that God cursed the Native Americans with dark skin"
The author's unresolved question
"(25 June 2014 revision): I began to feel deeply troubled by the racist narrative of the Book of Mormon, which to this day claims that God cursed the Native Americans with dark skin, as a result of their wickedness."
The Lamanite curse
Jump to details:
- The presence of race and skin color in the Book of Mormon
- Question: What was the Lamanite curse?
- Question: What is the difference between the "curse" and the "mark" of the Lamanites?
- Question: Did some Church leaders believe that the skin of the Lamanites would turn white?
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon scripture "he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female" (2 Nephi 26:33) refer to race?
- Question: Why were the chapter headings in the Book of Mormon modified to remove "skin of blackness"?
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon describe the Lamanites as being "cursed" with a "red skin"?