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English
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Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race Issue
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Sunstone
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March 2003
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126
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Sunstone Education Foundation
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28-30
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Mauss shared his perceptions of race relations in the Church before and after the 1978 revelation on the priesthood. Before the revelation, he saw the damage that was caused by the policy among black Church members or those with black ancestors or relatives. Mauss admires those black members of the Church that remained faithful despite the denial of priesthood blessings, particularly Ruffin Bridgeforth and other founders of the Genesis Group. Even after 1978, Mauss sees racism among Church members that perpetuate incorrect information about the curse on the descendants of Cain.