All these churches and mission compounds were run by white missionaries from North America or Europe, and they taught of a white Jesus and a white God. The churches and even the artwork hanging inside the churches were European and white. Young girls and women went to church with a white lace veil or handkerchief over their heads. This is what the white missionaries told them to do, and they followed their instructions. This covering of their heads with white lace underscored the purity and cleanliness of white. The white Jesus was intentionally contrived to serve white men who were in power
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