Smith argues that ending the restriction did not end the racial teachings and patterns of exclusion that burden Black Latter-day Saints. He uses a framework of internalized oppression and racial battle fatigue to interpret the emotional costs of seeking belonging in a religious community shaped by white authority and racial prejudice.
- Darron T. Smith, “Negotiating Black Self-Hate within the LDS Church,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 51, no. 3 (2018): 29–44.
This psychic war will leave many Black Mormons unwittingly vulnerable to feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt