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Mormonism and racial issues/Offensive statements
Offensive racial statements
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Brigham Young's statements on race
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- Question: Was Brigham Young a racist?
- Question: Did Brigham Young say that race mixing was punishable by death?
- Russell W. Stevenson, "Shouldering the Cross: How to Condemn Racism and Still Call Brigham Young a Prophet"
Mark E. Petersen racial statements
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- Question: Why did Mark E. Petersen say that blacks would go the the Celestial Kingdom as servants?
- Question: In the 1950s, did Mormons teach that the only way a black man could get into heaven was as a slave?
- LDS Newsroom, "Race and the Church: All Are Alike Unto God"
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