Racist Quotes from Jehovah's Witnesses and LDS
One of the most frequently cited quotes comes from early Watchtower publications regarding the "curse of Canaan": On Black People as Servants (1902): "It is generally believed that the curse which Noah pronounced upon Canaan was the origin of the Black race... They have been and are a race of servants... There is no servant in the world as good as a good Colored servant, and the joy that he gets from rendering faithful service is one of the purest joys there is in the world". On "White Race" Qualities: Early literature sometimes referred to the "white race" as having "superior qualities" compared to others. Lds Quotes: Brigham Young (1852): In an address to the Utah Territorial Legislature, Young stated: "Any man having one drop of the seed of [Cain] in him cannot hold the priesthood... If we should suffer them to come into the house of God and be ordained, the whole of us would be cursed." "Any man having one d...