BARBAROUS, DEGRADED NEGROES "Is there anything in the claim of a pre-Adamic race? or that some of the more barbarous nations are not Adam's offspring?.. all the peoples of the earth are descended from Adam, no matter how different in color, stature, intelligence, etc.. The negro race is supposed to be descended from Ham, whose special degradation is mentioned in 'Gen. 9:22,25'" - The Watchtower, 8/1/98 page 230
THE HOLY ELECT WILL BE CHIEFLY WHITE "God .. evidently has been a respecter of races, and has specially blessed and favored certain branches of the Aryan race in Europe and America.. the white race has been more abundantly blessed with the light of the Gospel than others .. the elect Church will probably be composed chiefly of the highly favored white race" - Evolution, 1898, pages 30-1
GOD DOES NOT CAST PEARLS BEFORE NEGRO SWINE "We advise, therefore, that where the Watch Tower literature is introduced to colored people it be not by promiscuous circulation, but only to those who give evidence of some ear for the truth. We avoid, so far as possible, putting the pearls of present truth into the hands of the vicious and depraved" - The Watchtower, 4/15/00 page 122
GOD CHANGES DESERVING FROM BLACK TO WHITE "From Black to White He Slowly Turned.. Rev. William H. Draper .. gave a living affirmative answer to the famous Biblical question, 'Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?' Though once as black as charcoal, the Rev. Mr. Draper is now white. His people say that his color was changed in answer to prayer. Many years ago Draper was employed by a fair-skinned man, and he was often heard to remark that if he could only be white like his employer, he would be happy. While in the white man's service Draper 'experienced' religion. From that day forward he prayed constantly and fervently that he might become white.. He first experienced a prickling sensation on his face, and upon close investigation found a number of small white spots scarcely larger than the point of a pin. He became alarmed, thinking he had some peculiar disease but he did not suffer and aside from the prickling sensation felt nothing unusual. Gradually the white spots became larger and extended themselves, until now, after the change has been in progress for over 30 years, Draper has not a single dark spot on his body." - The Watchtower Reprints, 10/1/00, page 2706 [Poor Michael Jackson was raised as one of Jehovah's Witnesses]
SAVAGE, FALSE, COWARDLY IS THE NEGRO - IMMORALITY AND DECEITFULNESS ENDEMIC "'It too often happens that, while the negro rapidly masters the rules and regulations of the Christian religion, he still continues to be gross, immoral, and deceitful. They (missionaries) may have succeeded in turning their disciples into professing Catholics, Anglicans, or Baptists; but the impartial observer is surprised to find that adultery, drunkenness, and lying are more apparent among the converts than among their heathen brethren.' And again: 'I regret to say that, with a few - very rare - exceptions, those native African pastors, teachers, and catechists whom I have met have been all, more or less, bad men. They attempted to veil an unbridled immorality with an unblushing hypocrisy and a profane display of mouth-religion which, to an honest mind, seemed even more disgusting than the immorality itself. While it was apparent that not one particle of true religion had made its way into their gross minds, it was also evident that the spirit of sturdy manliness which was present in their savage forefathers found no place in their false, cowardly natures" - The Watchtower, 8/15/01 page 266
NATIVE AMERICANS IGNORANT BARBARIANS "A Christian minister and his wife .. report: 'We cannot either civilize or Christianize this tribe of [Navajo] Indians.. a single one .. We cannot overcome the barriers of ignorance, superstition, barbarian language' .. We heartily sympathize .. Lord Jesus and his apostles did not carry the gospel to the most degraded nations, but to the most intelligent people they could find." - The Watchtower, 7/1/02 pages 165-6
SERVILE DEGRADED NEGROES - PUNISHMENT BY GOD - ALSO, WITHOUT ANY INTER-BREEDING, WHITE MAN LIVING IN CHINA BECOMES RACIALLY CHINESE AFTER FEW GENERATIONS (THROUGH LOOKING AT CHINESE PEOPLE!) "The NEGRO not a Beast .. that Ham's characteristics which had led him to unseemly conduct disrespectful to his father, would be found cropping out later, inherited by his son, and prophetically he foretold that this degeneracy would mark the posterity of Canaan, degrading him, making him servile. We are not able to determine to a certainty that the sons of Ham and Canaan are negroes; but we consider that general view as probable as any other.. we are not to forget the strong pre-natal influence of the mother's mind upon her offspring, - co-operating with the influences of climate and soil. To illustrate: Suppose a missionary and his wife removed to China; not only would the influence of the climate and soil be manifested upon themselves, but the same would be still more manifested in their children. Whoever will give careful attention to this matter will notice that each succeeding child born in that foreign country will have increasingly more resemblance to the Chinese - the hair, the skin, the shape of the eyes, and in general all features will bear closer resemblance with each succeeding child. We can readily suppose that if so much change occurs in a few years, ten or twenty centuries under similar conditions would turn any white people into regular Chinese, even supposing there were no intermarrying. The mother, while carrying her unborn child, has continually before her the Chinese type of countenance - eyes, hair, color, etc., and the continual impress of these upon her mind could not fail, according to the law of our being, to influence her offspring in the manner noted. Indeed a traveler, a scientist, has lately reported to the civilized world that he found in China a district where there were ruins of a very ancient Hebrew temple, and tablets in Hebrew. The people of the district informed him that they had a tradition that their fathers once spoke and understood the language of the tablets (Hebrew), had emigrated thither many centuries before, adopting the Chinese customs and language and, gradually, their appearance also. The effect would be similar in India. Undoubtedly the stronger contrast between the white and the black would require a longer time to be brought about.. We are not to forget, either, that Africa is inhabited by various tribes or nations of negroes - some more and some less degraded than the average.. While it is true that the white race exhibits some qualities of superiority over any other, we are to remember that there are wide differences in the same Caucasian (Semitic and Aryan) family.. The secret of the greater intelligence and aptitude of the Caucasian undoubtedly in great measure is to be attributed to the commingling of blood amongst its various branches; and this was evidently forced in large measure by circumstances under divine control. It remains to be proven that the similar commingling of the various tribes of Chinese for several centuries would not equally brighten their intellects; and the same with the peoples of India and Africa." - The Watchtower, 7/15/02 pages 215-6
A NEGRO - THEREFORE A SERVANT "The second runner, Cushi, or literally a Cushite - that is, a negro - was probably one of the king's household servants" - The Watchtower 11/1/03 pages 410-1
MORE RACIAL PURITY VIA GOD'S ACTION - NEGROES CAN ASPIRE TO BECOMING WHITES "Can The Ethiopian Change His skin color? No. But.. what the Ethiopian cannot do for himself God could readily do for him. The difference between the races of men .. have long been arguments against the solidarity of the human family. The doctrine of restitution has also raised the question. How could all men be brought to perfection and which color of skin was the original? The answer is now provided. God can change the Ethiopian's skin in his own due time.. Julius Jackson, of New Frankfort, Montana, a negro boy of nine years, began to grow white in September, 1901, and is now fully nine-tenths white. He assures us that this is no whitish skin disease; but that the new white skin is as healthy as that of any white boy, and that the changed boy has never been sick and never has taken medicines" - The Watchtower, 2/15/04 pages 52-3
SEGREGATION NECESSARY - NO INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES WANTED "hence, the several races of humanity will probably find their spiritual interests as New Creatures best conserved by a measure of separateness." - The New Creation, 1904, page 490
THE YELLOW PERIL FACING THE WHITE RACE - AND HATE THE AFGHANS TOO! "It is a fact that in Central India hundreds of Afghans are loafing and skulking alone or in couples. This is considered to be an ominous sign, for the Afghans do not wander so far south with any peaceful purpose in mind .. THE YELLOW PERIL .. the peril of the white race at the hands of the yellow" - The Watchtower 9/1/05 page 260
GOD DID NOT FAVOR THE NEGROES OR LATINOS "superstitions transplanted from faraway lands would flourish among the foreign and negro elements.. The negro and Latin races will probably always be inclined to superstition." - The Watchtower 4/1/08, page 99
THE COLOR LINE FOUND NECESSARY IN CHURCH - BLACKS NOT HUMBLE ENOUGH "WE might have anticipated that many colored people would be deeply interested in THE PHOTO-DRAMA OF CREATION. But it did not impress itself upon us until gradually their number increased to about twenty-five per cent of the whole audience. Of course, we were glad to see them, glad that they were interested in the DRAMA. We had the same feeling respecting them as others; but it was quickly discerned that it was not a case of feeling, but that, whereas the colored people of New York City are about five per cent of the population, in our audiences they are about twenty-five per cent and the number increasing. What shall we do? As the attendance of the colored people would increase, proportionately the number of the whites would decrease; for explain it how we will, a majority of whites prefer not to intermingle closely with other races. Recognizing that it meant either the success or the failure of the enterprise of the DRAMA as respects the whites, we have been compelled to assign the colored friends to the gallery, which, however, is just as good for seeing and hearing as any other part of The Temple. Some were offended at this arrangement. We have received numerous letters from the colored friends, some claiming that it is not right to make a difference, others indignantly and bitterly denouncing us as enemies of the colored people. Some, confident that Brother Russell had never sanctioned such a discrimination, told that they believe it would be duty to stand up for equal rights and always to help the oppressed, etc. We were obliged to explain the facts, assuring all of our loving interest in the colored people, and of our desire to do them good, and not injury. We again suggested that if a suitable place could be found in which the DRAMA could be presented for the benefit of the colored people alone, we would be glad to make such arrangements, or to co-operate with any others in doing so. Our explanations were apparently entirely satisfactory to all of the fully consecrated. To these we explained that it is a question of putting either the interests of God's Cause first, or else the interests of the race first. We believed it our duty to put God first and the Truth first - at any cost to others or to ourself! We explained that we thought that all the colored brethren should know our attitude toward them - they should know that we love to serve them in any way possible and to give them the very best we have to give of the Gospel Message; and that it is only a question of whether our giving to them in one way would deprive us of giving the Truth to others. Some who were still tenacious and quarrelsome we merely reminded of our Lord's declaration that in inviting visitors into the house it is the place of the host to say where they shall sit, and then we showed them the parable of the man who chose the chief seat of honor and was given a lower one. In answer to the query as to how our course of conduct squared with the Golden Rule, we replied that it squares exactly. We would wish others to put God first. If our personal interests are or ever have been in conflict with the real and apparently best interests of the Lord's Cause, it is a part of our consecration vow to ignore our interests in favor of the interests of the Lord's Cause. This is what we mean by the declaration that we are dead to self and alive to our God as New Creatures. We reminded one dear sister that the Lord enjoins humility, and assures us that unless we humble ourselves we shall not be exalted. If nature favors the colored brethren and sisters in the exercise of humility it is that much to their advantage, if they are rightly exercised by it. A little while, and our humility will work out for our good. A little while, and those who shall have been faithful to their Covenant of Sacrifice will be granted new bodies, spiritual, beyond the veil, where color and sex distinctions will be no more. A little while, and the Millennial Kingdom will be inaugurated, which will bring Restitution to all mankind - restitution to the perfection of mind and body, feature and color, to the grand original standard, which God declared "very good," and which was lost for a time through sin, but which is soon to be restored by the powerful Kingdom of Messiah." - The Watchtower, 4/1/14 pages 110-1
RACIAL SEGREGATION ADVISABLE "NEGRO EDUCATION IN CINCINNATI. Blacks from all over the city go to this school by preference. They feel that they can get the best chance by staying in their own crowd, and they are probably right.. While it is true that 'of one blood God hath made all nations of men,' nevertheless under present imperfect conditions a wise segregation is probably an advantage to all concerned." - The Golden Age, 10/1/19 page 8
ASTOUNDING WATCHTOWER RACIST HYPOCRISY, BLAMING MORMONS! "Mormons and Racism.. at a news conference, Mormon president Spencer W. Kimball was questioned on the Mormon practice of excluding blacks from full and equal privileges in their religion.. Thus the question of racial discrimination was evaded. In refreshing contrast, the Bible plainly says that 'God is not partial' and 'makes no distinction at all' among those sincerely seeking him.-Acts 10:34, 35; 15:7-9." - The Watchtower, 11/1/74 page 656 [Amazing hypocrisy given that the Watchtower also practised the very same thing, as we have seen in these extracts (no mention made in the article, of course)]
SOUTHERN NEGRO IS A DRUNKEN SOT "..from a criminal viewpoint the desirability of sobering the southern negro speaks volumes for national prohibition." - The Golden Age, 10/15/19 page 44
ARYAN HEAD SHAPE IS THE ADVANCED AND DESIRABLE ONE (DOGS ALSO)! "The Power of the Mind.. the character of men can be described in terms of facial features, known as Physiognomy, or cranial characteristics (a field) with the scientific term of Phrenology.. body shapes [tell] our story of life .. the body's .. vibrations show what we are and do not lie.. vibrations [reveal our] personality [and] true self [as do our] palms .. spine .. feet .. fingernails .. [if we were] only sufficiently intelligent we undoubtedly could determine what a person thinks or does chiefly, his qualifications etc., merely from a piece of his skin, a hair, or a drop of blood .. Pastor Russell .. discussed the mysteries of .. mental telepathy, mind reading, and women's intuition" - The Golden Age, 2/15/25 pages 332-3 [Phrenology correlated a well-developed (stated to be Aryan) forehead with intellectuality, not so a sloping (negroid) forehead. Phrenology was scientifically discredited by 1920; the WTBTS did not recant until 7/15/78 in the Watchtower of that date (page 17) and even then did not admit they had ever touted phrenology, just that it was false. So, yet again, they have become what they once condemned, and now condemn what they once were! Some of the wise teachings of phrenology as expounded by the Watchtower: "God breathed into his nostrils the breath of lives (plural), the breath common to every living creature. The difference between Adam and the other creatures was not in the breath, or spirit of lives. Man had the same kind of spirit of life. The difference was that man had a finer organism. How do we know? Stand a man alongside of a dog. Look at their heads. The one slopes back; there is no place for the intellectual qualities at all, or at least a very small place for the thinking apparatus man has. He has more brain than the dog. If we could make a dog with the same head as a man, he would think the same as a man." - What Pastor Russell Said Q666-3]
LATINOS VERY BACKWARD "Spaniards .. and other backward races [came to settle in America under the influence of Rome]" - The Golden Age, 11/30/27 page 141
NEGROES SHOULD BE IN A ZOO AND BE LAUGHED AT "careful observations in a London school showed that children enjoyed the heartiest laughs, not from slapstick comedies, but from .. watching a negro miner enjoying a square meal" - The Golden Age 7/25/28 page 684 [no adverse comments at all on the implications of this]
NEGROES ARE INFERIOR, SUITABLE ONLY AS SERVANTS - ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE THAT "Is there anything in the Bible that reveals the origin of the Negro? It is generally believed that the curse which Noah pronounced upon Canaan was the origin of the Black race. Certain it is that when Noah said, 'Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren,' he pictured the future of the Colored race. They have been and are a race of servants.. There is no servant in the world as good as a good Colored servant, and the joy that he gets from rendering faithful service is one of the purest joys there is in the world." - The Golden Age, 7/24/29, page 702
AND MORE AMAZING WATCHTOWER HYPOCRISY TRYING TO BESMIRCH CATHOLICS [the view that Blacks were cursed by God] "apparently survived until 1873 when Pope Pius IX attached an indulgence to a prayer for the 'wretched Ethiopians in Central Africa that almighty God may at length remove the curse of Cham (Ham) from their hearts." - Awake! 10/8/77 page 29 [It is hypocrisy then that the Catholic church is chastised by the WTBTS for having put aside these beliefs at least 56 years earlier than did the WTBTS, whom we have seen espoused those same beliefs up to 1929, if not even later.]
NEGROES MEEK AND TEACHABLE - SUITABLE AS SLAVES "Really, our colored brothers have great cause for rejoicing. Their race is meek and teachable, and from it comes a high percentage of the theocratic increase." - The Watchtower 2/1/52 pages 94-6
The idiocy (and in some cases the unintendedly funny nature) of some of the above material does not mitigate against its foulness.
