Thank you for any who read the last post. I hope you continue.
Yesterday I saw an interview with Cecil "Chip" Murray of the First AME Church of Los Angeles, (The AME Church was founded by a former slave of Mormon pioneers), in the trailer for the DVD The Untold Story of Black Mormons.
He said that he was told by one of the leaders of the church when invited to meet in Salt Lake City with President Hinckley, "I have learned of the background/founding of your chuch and I want to apologize for whatever role the Mormon Church played, not only there, but has played in racism in America."
Today I read through the Book of Mormon index under "Lamanite" to try to find some verses that Marvin Perkins used to illustrate his hypothesis for skin color among Lamanites and Nephites.
I got sidetracked and read 3 Nephi 2:15: "And their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites."
I did not like how difficult it was for my mind to get off of thinking that this author was referring to the outside organ of people's bodies. I am thankful that in 1981, three years after the leaders of the church were "inspired...with a desire to extend to every worthy member of the Church all of the privileges and blessings which the gospel affords," the improved footnote edition of the scriptures were published.
The footnotes took me to 2 Nephi 5:21 where "skin" has a footnote to 2 Nephi 30:6 where Nephi describes the "scales of darkness" falling from their eyes making them a "pure and delightsome people." Thank you, Nephi.
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