From the simplistic but readily accepted idea that black is the sign of death and therefore of sin,it was to go on to the more dangerous idea that the man whose skin was black, was a menace, a temptation, a creature of the devil. A whole imagery, conscious or unconscious, grew up in the minds of western Europeans during the centuries of their physical and cultural isolation from the African world. This imagery had become consubstantial with the cultural life of the Christian west..Devisse.. Anti-black sentiment seems to be different from the hostile thinking encountered against other people. Against others for what they do; against blacks for what they are. And what they are, that is, their blackness, is found to be objectable because [a] it most visibly indicate their otherness, their somatic dissonance and [b] it's symbolic value connotes a negative notion. In short, anti-black sentiment is truely color prejudice. The disparagement of black skin color began in classical antiquity, reached a height in Christian literature and in the literature of christian societies. This being the essence of evil, the destruction of human beings. This includes not only killing but creation of conditions that materially or psychologically destroy or diminish peoples dignity, happiness and capacity to fulfill basic material needs.