For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
No one would argue that many African Americans are socially and financially oppressed in the United States. But, the Hamitic curse or the curse of Ham has been falsely argued as the cause, that God blessed and cursed persons by creating them in different social colors and that this determines the quality of their lives. […]
Read MoreNoah had three sons: “The sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth” (Genesis 9.18, NRSV). It has been argued erroneously that Ham represents the socially colored black race, Shem the socially colored brown race and Japheth the socially colored white race. But, what are we to do with the socially colored red/ […]
Read MoreAdditional Resources Christopher Alan Bayly, The Raj: India and the British, 1600-1947 Encyclopedia Britannica, The Black War Thomas Carlyle, “Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question,” 1849. Sir Francis Galton, Essays in Eugenics, The Eugenics Education Society, 1909. Sir Francis Galton, Eugenics: Its Definition, Scope and Aims, The American Journal of Sociology, (Vol.10 No. 10), July 1904.
Read MoreJane Elliot simulates an apartheid regime in a London warehouse with thirty brown and blue eyed volunteers. A challenging and provocative video that shows the painful wrestling that takes place when persons tackle the privileges and social favoritism that our belief in race elicits. Jane Elliot’s brown eye- blue eye experiment demonstrates the ridiculous nature of […]
Read MoreThe name of Noah’s son Ham has only been interpreted to mean “black” and this black is in a physical sense– not black eyes or black hair but black skin specifically. Ham’s name is said to represent a race, that is socially colored black people. However, J. Daniel Hays provides several meanings to provide a […]
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The Raceless Gospel 