Quote Originally Posted by BgMc31 View Post
MuscleScience,

The problem with the mormon thing is the history and teachings of mormons when it comes to blacks. It wasn't until 1979 that mormons even allowed blacks into their church and for mainstreams LDS, we aren't even allowed to become leaders. The mormon learnings still teach that blacks are the descendants of Cain and our black skin is the 'black mark' described in the bible to identify us as those cursed by being descendants of Cain.

I do understand what you're saying about ethnicity. But if you notice, with the treatment of non-whites currently in Europe, that racism trumps even ethnocentrism. We don't even have to look at the major reason being that of non-muslim vs muslim, simply look at FIFA Soccer and the European basketball leagues. Black players are tormented even to this day with monkey calls, throwing of bananas on the field/courts, etc. Now I'm not saying all European whites are guilty of this, but the fact that overt racism in these countries is sometimes accepted and overlooked shows that its still a problem world wide.
Man, I just wrote out a 45 minute rebuttal about how I got my white ass handed to me in a (insert generic race)-American pride bball tourny and how I finally learned what it kinda, almost, must have felt like to be Jackie Robinson for a day. But my computer crashed before I posted it, damn it...LOL

I did not know that about the Mormon Church. That seems extremely contrary to everything Mormonism I had known?