And I am black, but oh! my soul is white
-William Blake


it is the soul within and not the surface colour that matters, Blake asserts
-MtheGM -

My read of this poem is that Blake believed that the ultimate type of soul was a "white soul". Or maybe he thought that that was the only kind of soul that anyone could have.

This is a Eurocentric approach to religion and to life.

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I feel sorry for any non-White person who craves a "white soul".