What I Learned in Gospel Doctrine Sunday

[snowcat]

Discussing what we learn from the first vision.

Class member: "God is White"

Teacher: "God is not a Negro?"

Teacher and Class: all nod in approval.

[UtahDan]

Discussing what we learn from the first vision.

Class member: "God is White"

Teacher: "God is not a Negro?"

Teacher and Class: all nod in approval.

I didn't get to that part. Five minutes in a pipe burst in the furnace room and church was canceled. I will be sure to emphasize it next week, however.

[snowcat]

I didn't get to that part. Five minutes in a pipe burst in the furnace room and church was canceled.

I wish we had been so lucky.

[SoCalCoug]

Discussing what we learn from the first vision.

Class member: "God is White"

Teacher: "God is not a Negro?"

Teacher and Class: all nod in approval.

Of course, Mormons aren't racist.

[myboynoah]

Discussing what we learn from the first vision.

Class member: "God is White"

Teacher: "God is not a Negro?"

Teacher and Class: all nod in approval.

Hilarious. Did the instructor actually use the word "Negro?"

[snowcat]

Hilarious. Did the instructor actually use the word "Negro?"

Yes, she did. She is an older lady who comes from a different time. What blew me away was that I was the only one in the class that seemed to be bothered by the exchange.

[wuapinmon]

Yes, she did. She is an older lady who comes from a different time. What blew me away was that I was the only one in the class that seemed to be bothered by the exchange.

If she's elderly, I can forgive her for jumping off the euphemism treadmill, but why even point out God's race unless there's some compelling reason other than affirmation of his/your race? If Jesus was white and so you are you and you're a complete bastard, you don't get extra points on judgment day for less surface melanin.

[snowcat]

If she's elderly, I can forgive her for jumping off the euphemism treadmill, but why even point out God's race unless there's some compelling reason other than affirmation of his/your race? If Jesus was white and so you are you and you're a complete bastard, you don't get extra points on judgment day for less surface melanin.

If we are all the children of God, do we not all belong to God's race?

There was not a person in the room who would consider themselves the least bit racist. There was noone in the room (including myself) who is not to some degree. I believe are improving as a church, but we have a ways to go.

[RobinFinderson]

How did the word 'negro' become wrong? MLK used the term pretty much exclusively.

[Indy Coug]

How did the word 'negro' become wrong? MLK used the term pretty much exclusively.

This really puts Hispanics in quite a bind.

[fusnik]

Of course, Mormons aren't racist.

I was in a stake meeting this weekend. The instructor of one of the workshops in front of at least 40 people stated, 'I don't mean to be rude, but most of our problems are because of all the ethnic groups, and are wanting to be fair to them.'

On Sunday in EQ one of the brothers, in the EQP, said, 'I sure hope that BO doesn't pander to minority groups and realizes that he is President of the US, not President of minority people.'

Followed by an eloquent, 'Yes, why do we call him black anyways? He's half white isn't he?'

I can remember this type of shit happening in church since I was a teen. It shocks me more reading intelligent members of the church state that they have never seen nor heard this type of stuff in church, more so than when it happens.

[wuapinmon]

How did the word 'negro' become wrong? MLK used the term pretty much exclusively.

Steven Pinker calls this process the euphemism treadmill. From a speech given 8-29-01 at MIT, he said:

linguists had already noted the process with concepts as diverse as toilets ("lavatories, bathrooms, restrooms"), disabilities ("crippled, handicapped, disabled, challenged"), and old folks ("elderly, golden agers, senior citizens"). Thus, "Negro" became "black," which led to "African-American"; "Oriental" became "Asian"; "Hispanic" became "Latino." This shows that changing a word is not enough to change attitudes, and indicates how far we have to go in achieving racial progress, he said. "We know we will have achieved equality and mutual respect when terms for ethnic minorities stay put."