I always wonder about this phrase: White as snow. Is it appropriate to sing about being washed white as snow? Is it an unintentionally racist expression? I guess I would rather stay away from images that seem to equate white with goodness and dark or black with evil or wrong.
How about that old hymn that refers to Jesus as “Lily of the Valley?” It was written by the white director of an African-American choir. Does this imply that Jesus was the one blue-eyed blonde in all of Israel?
