I will be dealing here with some views among Mormons which have changed over time. As I will mention, past doctrines on race have since been repudiated. In no way can anything here be said to represent the personal views of any current Mormon. In the beginnings of the history of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints," commonly called simply "Mormons," both founder Joseph Smith and his immediate successor Brigham Young claimed that black skin is the biblical Curse of Cain (see
Mormonism, the Racist False Religion
Mormonism, the Racist False Religion
Mormonism, the Racist False Religion
I will be dealing here with some views among Mormons which have changed over time. As I will mention, past doctrines on race have since been repudiated. In no way can anything here be said to represent the personal views of any current Mormon. In the beginnings of the history of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints," commonly called simply "Mormons," both founder Joseph Smith and his immediate successor Brigham Young claimed that black skin is the biblical Curse of Cain (see