Cain's decedents became known as the People of Canaan; blackness came upon all their children and they were despised among all people3. ... This thesis explains that the Church felt the need to project anti-black views to placate slaveholders. ... Church leaders for the first time began to speak out publicly about their practice of black priesthood denial. Elders further affirmed the subordinate position of Blacks by barring them from any Temple visitation rights. ... As a new generation of Mormons took the helm of the Church black priesthood denial perpetuated. ...

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"Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission of civilization"" (Edward W. Said, Orientalism). The term, "Orientalism," has been...

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