This year the young LDS men are being advised to marry within their own race.

http://lds.org/manual/aaronic-priesthood-manual-3/lesson-31-choosing-an-eternal-companion?lang=eng

Spencer W. Kimball said “We recommend that people marry those who are of the same racial background generally, and of somewhat the same economic and social and educational background (some of those are not an absolute necessity, but preferred), and above all, the same religious background, without question”

How many remember reading this in the LDS Church News when the priesthood ban was lifted? The June 17, 1978 edition was all about the revelation for Blacks to be able to hold the priesthood. But there was a segment with Kimball's words. It was under the heading "Interracial marriage discouraged".

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19780617&id=_RxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YIADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5866,5012493

The priesthood ban was lifted in 1978 but an additional caveat is still being taught to young men right now.

People need to start using these two good sources when TBM's deny racism.

Mormons accuse critics of using the quote in the priesthood manual out of context. But the LDS church used it in that very context in 1978. It was a caveat with the lifting of the priesthood ban. Blacks could now hold the priesthood but don't marry them.

Mormons accuse critics of not using the full quote from the priesthood manual, or of only focusing on the racial portion. But the 1978 article not only used it to discourage interracial marriage, it used more of the quote than the priesthood manual does now. The quote involved a survey showing temple marriages to be less likely to fail.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19780617&id=_RxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YIADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5866,5012493

"We are grateful that this one survey reveals that about 90 percent of the temple marriages hold fast. Because of this, we recommend that people marry those who are of the same racial background generally, and of somewhat the same economic and social and educational background (some of those are not an absolute necessity, but preferred), and above all, the same religious background, without question."

Seeing the quote in the full context shows that the racial portion was because temple marriages could not be done. When Kimball spoke those words, it was before the ban was lifted. The point he made was that temple marriages don't fail as much as civil marriages. And at that time Blacks could not hold the priesthood or be sealed in the temple or have temple marriages. So when the ban was lifted it would make sense that interracial temple marriages would succeed. Nevertheless, Kimball's words were used to continue discouraging interracial marriage, even though the original reason was no longer valid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people_and_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Temple_marriages

"Most black people were not permitted to participate in ordinances performed in the LDS Church temples, such as the endowment ritual and temple marriages and family sealings."