"The white man is a close descendant of Adam and Eve, you see. You have seen the pictures of Jesus in your books, have you not? Adam and Eve and Jesus all have such skin. They are fragile, their skin burning in the sun, because they are closer to the status of angels. Angels would burn in a similar way." (256)
When the priest told Valentino that the "the white man is a close descendant of Adam and Eve" I felt displeased. Yes it obviously held white as the supremacist, but the irony of the quote amused me. White is the closest status of angels and white is light. In yet, the priest says that the white man and angels would burn under the sun. Only vampires burn under the sun, they are not the representatives of light. They are the darkness. So why would angels burn under the sun also? How are they fragile if it is the White that mothers the refugees? They are the providers.
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