Speaking of Creating God In Our Own Images.

"God says that the Africans are the Tribes of Ham. Ham was the worst one of Noah’s three boys: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Everybody comes down on their family tree from just those three, because God made a big flood and drowneded out the sinners. But Shem, Ham, and Japheth got on the boat so they were A-okay.
Ham was the youngest one. After they all got off the ark and let the animals go is when it happened. Ham found his father Noah laying around pig-naked drunk one day and he thought that was funny as all get-out. The other two brothers covered Noah with a blanket, but Ham busted his britches laughing. When Noah woke up he got to hear the whole story from the tattletale brothers. So Noah cursed all Ham’s children to be slaves for ever and ever. That’s how come them all turn out dark." RUTH MAY PRICE in The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Ruth May is making fun of her daddy and makes this kind of thinking sound as insane as it is. Still, some, out of ignorance or convenience, either believed it or preached it for centuries. Some still do. We’ve come a long way, but the legacy lingers. One example is that children of color still don’t have access to swimming pools and are dying because of it. “The minority swimming gap has deep roots in America's racial history. For decades during the 20th century, many pools were segregated, and relatively few were built to serve black communities.” Bridging the Minority Swimming Gap By Mallary Jean Tenore. “ . . .58 percent of black children can't swim and . . . they drown at nearly three times the average rate. An estimated 56 percent of Hispanic children can't swim, compared to 31 percent of Caucasian children. Id. Thanks to Cecil for the tip.
Picture is from Black Jesus: creating God in our own image by Stephen Zook