Black and White in the Book of Mormon: A Scriptural Understanding 

Thank you for speaking up. I appreciate your insight. Could it still be metaphorical, and that they became loathsome because of the bad choices they were making, so it was expressed by their bad choices in how they took care of their outward appearances? They became hunters and not farmers... so, more rough and rugged looking because of their lifestyle? It was hard for me to read these scriptures and not think it was obviously speaking about skin, appearances, and loathsome to others. But, I feel good about using the Bible to help clarify.

The intent of the mark was to make the wicked un-enticing to God's people (2 Nephi 5:22). What could be more un-enticing than someone with a darkness about them. Perhaps you've met someone that at first you thought was very appealing. Then, once you got to know them a little, the darkness of their countenance made them very un-enticing. The opposite is also true. Part 2 is on my channel, "Beyond Black and White" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yZY4BcXUrsE.html

Your assumptions about native culture and white skin is wrong. I am assuming you think the book of Mormon took place in Mexico. And where the ancestors of the Aztec and Maya. They had a word for handsome men and would call them "xipetztli tomatl" beautiful smooth skin like a tomato. The tomato was from the Americas. The natives from Mexico loved their copper skin and though it was beautiful. When they saw white skin for the first time they thought they were people from the underworld because they lacked color and smelled bad (like a corps). So assuming that people have always thought white skin was better is not true.

@@ricardoluque1931 Of course, of course. I didn't mean that was always the case, I was just saying that's a theory I heard. Thank you for informing me.

@@kaileyspencer9244 (America's) deuteronomy 28 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt (Bondage), out of the land of slavery. Then the LORD will make you return to Egypt (Bondage) by Ships, over a route (America's) I said to you that you would never see again A foreign nation (America's) you have never heard about. A nation (America's) unknown to you or your ancestors. A nation against you from far away, (America's) from the ends of the earth, like an eagle (America's) swooping down. A nation (America's) whose language you shall not understand. A fierce and heartless nation (America's) that shows no respect for the old and no pity for the young. Will scatter you among all the nations from one end of the earth to the other. And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword (N-Word) among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away. A people that you do not know (America's) will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you. The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit. Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand. A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. The sights you see will drive you mad They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation (America's) unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood (Cross) and (Kabaa) stone. You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you.” But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions." Amos 9:7 Are ye not as children of the Cushites unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt?) In Zephaniah 3:10, the prophet proclaims: From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring me offerings God is speaking of gathering His lost sheep back to Him. Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia - which is East Africa - lies West Africa. Revelation 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Isaiah 42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. DICTIONARY He·brew /ˈhēbro͞o/. The Igbo people (English :also spelled Ibo and formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans ,[Heebo]; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò The Igbo people are an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern Nigeria. There has been much speculation about the origins of the Igbo people, as it is unknown how exactly the group came to form. The word for Hebrew used in the Bible is עברי (pronounced "Ivri"), Côte d'Ivoire ("Cote d' Ivri" ) The coast of the Hebrews . Eri In Genesis 46:16 Eri (עֵרי "watchful") is the son of Gad. He was the progenitor of the Erites. (Numbers 26:16) Aguleri, meaning "Agulu of Eri", is a town in southeastern Nigeria. It is a major cradle of Igbo civilization, and the first settlement of Eri (Eri-aka) was in Aguleri. Its Ezeora dynasty, which has produced 34 kings to date, is one of the oldest in eastern Nigeria. The Tribe of Dan (Hebrew: דָּן‎), meaning, "Judge", was one of the tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. They were allocated a coastal portion of land when the people of Israel entered the Promised Land Dan people The Dan are a Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory (Ivri) Coast and neighboring Liberia. There are approximately 700,000 members of the group and their largest settlement is Man, Ivory (Ivri) Coast. Neighboring peoples include the Krahn, Kpelle and Mano. They are officially known as Yacouba (or Yakouba) in Ivory (Ivri)Coast. Yacouba” a corruption of the Hebrew “Yacob” in English known as “Jacob”? Due to the Assyrian captivity and exile of the 10 Northern Tribes of Israel, as well as the scattering of Israel after the revolt at Masada, as well as the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. it is believed many Danites ventured into Africa, settling in what is now known as the Sudan (SuDAN) and Ghana, also call GaDangme, meaning “People of Gad and Dan.” Ancient Ghana was referred to as Wagandu. Dan is also believed to have settled in Dahomey or Dan Homey, which being translated means, “Belly of Dan” and is now known as the Benin Republic and Togo. As a result of such scattering it is believes some of Dan possibly mingled or merged with the Igbo’s of Gad and become the sect of Igbo who reveres and later began to worship pythons. Some scholars links this to the prophesied paganization of exiled Israel as recorded in Deut. 28 as well as Jacobs prophetic blessing linking Dan to a serpent (Gen. 49:17). Genesis 36:27 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan and (Akan). The Akan (/ˈækæn/) are a meta-ethnicity living in the countries of present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast. Akan culture can also be found in the Americas, where a number of their descendants were taken as captives. Roughly ten percent of all slave ships that embarked from the Gold Coast contained Akan people. Yah may refer to: Jah, shortened form of Yahweh, the Hebrew name for God. Kum ba yah" ("Come by Here") is an African American spiritual of disputed origin, but known to be sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved West Africans. praise the Lord Hallelujah, also spelled alleluia, Hebrew liturgical expression meaning “praise ye Yah” (“praise the Lord”). It appears in the Hebrew Bible in several psalms, usually at the beginning or end of the psalm or in both places. Ouidah historically also called Whydah , Juda, Juida by the French and Ajudá by the Portuguese, formally the Kingdom of Whydah (so named for the Whydah Bird of Paradise), is a city on the coast of the Republic of Benin. It served as a major outlet for the transatlantic slave trade. Between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries, Ouidah was the most important embarkation point for slaves in the region of West Africa known to outsiders as the Slave Coast. "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and...turn from their wicked ways...I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 African Names of Slaves Nyahmole Enya Inyah Yaho Ahkeyah Hanyah Henyah Honyah Enyah Tayaho Cooyah Hygayah Bunyah Kardayah Yaryah Yahfee Dahyah Gayeyah www.slavevoyages.org/resources/names-database ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VOo8QKkyo6s.html pin.it/iGOtHv6