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"I think our system of religious organization could serve the rural Cuban people as no other system could. I am sad to have to write you and say that it would be better for the Cubans if we did not enter their island - unless we are willing to revise our racial theory. To teach them the pernicious doctrine of segregation and inequalities among races where it does not exist, or to lend religious sanction to it where it has raised its ugly head would be tragic. It seems to me we just fought a war over such ideas." - Sociologist Dr. Lowry Nelson to Mission President Heber Meeks, 1947 | wasmormon.org
"I think our system of religious organization could serve the rural Cuban people as no other system could. I am sad to have to write you and say that it would be better for the Cubans if we did not enter their island - unless we are willing to revise our racial theory. To teach them the pernicious doctrine of segregation and inequalities among races where it does not exist, or to lend religious sanction to it where it has raised its ugly head would be tragic. It seems to me we just fought a war over such ideas." - Sociologist Dr. Lowry Nelson to Mission President Heber Meeks, 1947
"The attitude of the Church in regard to the Negro makes me very sad. Your letter is the first intimation I have had that there was a fixed doctrine on this point. I had always known that certain statements had been made by authorities regarding the status of the Negro, but I had never assumed that they constituted an irrevocable doctrine. I hope no final word has been said on this matter. I must say that I have never been able to accept the idea, and never shall. I do not believe that God is a racist." - Sociologist Dr. Lowry Nelson to Mission President Heber Meeks, 1947 | wasmormon.org
"The attitude of the Church in regard to the Negro makes me very sad. Your letter is the first intimation I have had that there was a fixed doctrine on this point. I had always known that certain statements had been made by authorities regarding the status of the Negro, but I had never assumed that they constituted an irrevocable doctrine. I hope no final word has been said on this matter. I must say that I have never been able to accept the idea, and never shall. I do not believe that God is a racist." - Sociologist Dr. Lowry Nelson to Mission President Heber Meeks, 1947
"I would appreciate your opinion as to the advisability of doing missionary work particularly in the rural sections of Cuba, knowing, of course, our concept of the Negro and his position as to the Priesthood. Are there groups of pure white blood in the rural sections, particularly in the small communities? If so, are they maintaining segregation from the Negroes?" Mission President Heber Meeks to Sociologist Dr. Lowry Nelson, 1947 | wasmormon.org
"I would appreciate your opinion as to the advisability of doing missionary work particularly in the rural sections of Cuba, knowing, of course, our concept of the Negro and his position as to the Priesthood. Are there groups of pure white blood in the rural sections, particularly in the small communities? If so, are they maintaining segregation from the Negroes?" Mission President Heber Meeks to Sociologist Dr. Lowry Nelson, 1947

Brigham Young’s Racist Remarks on Slaves, Seed, and Priesthood Doctrines

The church claims in their Gospel Topic Essay on Race and the Priesthood that Brigham Young announced the “policy” to deny priesthood to blacks and that he also said that “at some future day, black Church members would “have [all] the privilege and more” enjoyed by other members”. This is incredibly misleading. They want to …

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