these core beliefs. The first one is that God is spirit and that thisspirit is represented in Emperor Selassie. The Emperor is black and a descendent, as Christ is, ofthe family of King David. This familys shemetic or dark-skinned physical characteristics aremisrepresented in European art. Blacks throughout the world have been denied the joy anddignity of knowing how Jesus and Mary really looked. Jesus and Mary were black. A whitemessiah coming in the past or future is a white myth. Their redeemer is black....
