Robertson is convinced that a reexamination of the so-called curse of Ham as found in Genesis 9:20-27 is needed. Too often there is a readiness to interpret this passage in a manner that denigrates the black man and displays racist prejudice. The article examines three important questions.

This article compares the biases of Eurocentric interpretations of the Bible with Africentric interpretations. Certainly, the most notorious Eurocentric interpretation of a biblical passage is the so-called curse of Ham.