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I've heard some activisits claim that the spiritual connotations of the colour white being pure and Godly and the colour black being evil and satanic being birthed from racism. Did native African, American, or Aboriginal religions share this white purity concept or was it in reverse?

by /u/MemeLordArmo in /r/AskHistorians

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