Unsettling Mormonism
an archive of unsettling histories, mythistories, and mystories
from U.S. & Mormon settler colonialism, white supremacy, and imperialism
from U.S. & Mormon settler colonialism, white supremacy, and imperialism
The Family Proclamation is part of the ongoing eugenic Mormon ideology.
- In the Book of Mormon, the Lamanites are cursed with “a skin of Blackness” to make them “not enticing” to the “white & delightsome” Nephites who are warned that if their “seed mixeth” with the Lamanites their babies will have the Lamanite curse. Joseph Smith & Brigham Young told members to intermarry with Indigenous women (Lamanites) to assimilate them & whiten their cursed dark skin. Then for decades church leaders preached against intermarriage with Black/African peoples–the so-called seed of Cain. - They also got on the eugenic, anti-immigrant, white-nationalist bandwagon with their history of anti-birth control, anti-abortion, anti-feminism, & anti-queer ideologies and rhetoric. This began in the late 1800’s as they fought against the US for their right to practice polygamy & continued into the mid 1900’s as they fought, along with the US, against the “threat to the American way of life” – communists and homosexuals. - From the 1990’s through to today, this church has worked against the expansion of the definition of marriage – a definition that was established by the Supreme Court in their efforts to end Mormon polygamy – beginning in Hawaii. The Family Proclamation was created & used as evidence in their attempt to be able to fight against homosexual families. They then began organizing their time & $ in Alaska & California, & went on to expand globally working with Russian oligarchs connected to Putin’s Kremlin in the World Congress of Families, a known Hate Group, to create laws around the world which make life more dangerous for women & LGBTQ ppl. - This is why organizing is so important. The far-right is organized. US imperialism $ Mormon imperialism work hand in hand to create a world void of People Power in the husk of a planet ravaged by extractive capitalism. And the “natural family” is essential to these systems. We must be organized to build a world in the decay of this one. Thx to @latterdaylez for their work this Church’s political collaboration w Russian oligarchs 🙏🏻
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AuthorI am nicholas b jacobsen, an artist, researcher, historian, educator, and organizer. I am a trans-non binary Euro-settler raised in the Nuwu lands of so-called Utah. My family has been Mormon and Utahn for as long as either of those concepts have existed. My ancestors sacrificed everything--their identities, homelands, jobs, health, & safety to become Mormon, Utahn, U.S. American, & white--to settler their Zion. I take it as my personal responsibility to unsettle what my ancestors settled. and to help my fellow settlers do the same through writing, art, and community building. ArchivesCategories
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