Race

Racial teachings, policies, and historical doctrines embedded within Mormon theology and leadership.

Racism Disguised as the “Order of Heaven.”

Shows how LDS rhetoric framed priesthood racism as divine decree rather than prejudice.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0010/

The Doctrine That Degraded an Entire Race.

Shows how LDS teachings framed Black inferiority as divine truth to justify exclusion.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0014/

Unspoken Regret: The Church’s Unissued Apology.

Reviews LDS failure to formally apologize for historic racial priesthood restrictions.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0016/

How Early Mormonism Sanctified Black Inferiority.

Early LDS theology framed Blackness as divinely imposed, permanent racial hierarchy.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0060/

A Prophecy That Failed Its Own Timeline.

Brigham Young’s racial prophecy failed when priesthood ban ended in 1978.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0072/

Joseph Smith: Racist or Abolitionist?

Smith defended slavery before later adopting abolitionist rhetoric for political purposes.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0078/

Slavery as Doctrine in Early Mormon Leadership.

Brigham Young framed Black enslavement as divinely mandated, permanent racial hierarchy.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0079/

Interracial Mixing Framed as Ecclesiastical Destruction.

Brigham Young taught interracial mixing would destroy the church through divine curse.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0080/

The Warped Interpretation of “The Mark of Cain.”

Brigham Young framed racial inferiority as divinely cursed and permanently inherited.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0082

When Bigotry Turned into Religious Duty.

Racial prejudice was framed as divinely justified duty within LDS teaching and practice.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0083

Premortal Worthiness: Published in Black and White.

LDS doctrine linked skin color to premortal obedience.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-009

Everyone is Welcome: Some Restrictions Apply.

Priesthood exclusion reframed as divine inclusion with conditions.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0094

McConkie’s Racial Claims Attributed to Divine Will.

Priesthood exclusion declared eternal, unequal, and divinely fixed.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0095

Mixed Races: The Effects of Climate.

Pseudo-science and theology fused to rationalize racial prejudice.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0096

The White and Delightsome God of Mormonism.

Equates whiteness with divine favor and dark skin with God’s curse.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0097

Burnt to a Cinder: Ugly Beliefs and Dehumanization.

LDS publication portrays Black inferiority as divinely sanctioned.

Click to view: https://www.ldsdefector.com/fact-0111