Lies Told about Racist Past
For those who hold firm to the belief Joseph Smith wasn’t prejudiced let’s take a look at what he had to say –
Blacks Came into World as Slaves Mentally
History of the Church 5:217; “At five went to Mr. Sollars’ with Elders Hyde and Richards. Elder Hyde inquired the situation of the negro. I replied, they came into the world slaves mentally and physically. Change their situation with the whites, and they would be like them. They have souls, and are subjects of salvation. Go into Cincinnati or any city, and find an educated negro, who rides in his carriage, and you will see a man who has risen by the powers of his own mind to his exalted state of respectability. The slaves in Washington are more refined than many in high places, and the black boys will take the shine of many of those they brush and wait on.Elder Hyde remarked, “Put them on the level, and they will rise above me.”…Had I anything to do with the negro, I would confine them by strict law to their own species, and put them on a national equalization.” – Joseph Smith (Also see Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pg 269)
While Mr. Smith wasn’t the only prejudiced one in the Mormon crowd, he certainly held enough power to steer the ship in a godly direction and obviously failed.
Furthermore, those lies told by the Mormon leadership today are a generational problem that’s been passed on down from one to the other. Mr. Morrison didn’t advance to the office of the “Seventies” by chance, nor was he in that position because of any ignorance on his part.