
Mormonism and White Supremacy
American Religion and the Problem of Racial Innocence
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Pam Ward
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Joanna Brooks
To this day, churchgoing Mormons report that they hear from their fellow congregants in Sunday meetings that African Americans are the accursed descendants of Cain whose spirits - due to their lack of spiritual mettle in a premortal existence - were destined to come to Earth with a "curse" of black skin. This claim can be made in many Mormon Sunday Schools without fear of contradiction. You are more likely to encounter opposition if you argue that the ban on the ordination of Black Mormons was a product of human racism. Like most difficult subjects in Mormon history and practice, says Joanna Brooks, the priesthood and temple ban on Blacks has been managed carefully in LDS institutional settings with a combination of avoidance, denial, selective truth-telling, and determined silence.
As America begins to come to terms with the costs of White privilege to Black lives, this book urges a soul-searching examination of the role American Christianity has played in sustaining everyday white supremacy by assuring White people of their innocence. In Mormonism and White Supremacy, Joanna Brooks offers an unflinching look at her own people's history and culture and finds in them lessons that will hit home for every scholar of American religion and person of faith.
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Brooks covers the issue of racism in white America in the context of Mormonism with depth and understanding. We are a product of our past, but let us move pass that. It is true how we would dance around the issue, yet claim we weren’t opposed to “the dark mark.”
This so-called mark of Cain is actually our planets oldest humans, what we now know are the forbearers of humans today. Yes yes, black people were here first.
The author is adept at moving through sensitive subjects and suggests changes we can make. Excellent listen. The narrator was a little weird though.
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Scholarly, engaging work
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I did not detect “anti-Mormon bias” as some other reviewers allege. However, I would say this is not a book I would recommend for my parents to read. I doubt anyone aligned with the GOP or anyone who likes Fox News will have anything positive to say about the book.
Excellent research, highly recommend
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Excellent insight and a powerful call to action
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NEVER KNEW THESE THINGS
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Important!
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This book was extremely helpful!
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A must read
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No really, the temple ban was racist
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To me, this book answers many why questions about the Church’s ban on black Africans holding the priesthood / serving in temples I have been struggling with for decades. It also urges action succinctly like no other book I’ve read on the subject. I listened, but I also just bought the hardcover to share with friends and family… and especially to teach my own children so they don’t grow up and feel disillusioned like I did when I learned of the ban in my later teens.
A must read for Mormons and non-Mormons who want to understand the church’s history with racism
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