The Book of Mormon has been called a racist book due to the reference in 2 Nephi 5:21 to a "skin of blackness[.]"  In this episode of Religion Today Martin Tanner explains why this reference is metaphorical rather than literal, citing 2 Nephi 26:33 which says "black and white, bond and free, male and female .  .  .  all are alike unto God[.]"  As evidence reference to black skin is often metaphorical, Martin Tanner cites examples, including then Presidential Candidate Joe Biden's comment to black commentator "Charlamagne tha God" on "The Breakfast Club" that if Charlamagne "ha[d] a problem figuring our whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black[.]" Thus in the Book of Mormon and elsewhere, "skin" and "black" references often refer to something other than race.