I personally have so many ideas for such a film and do plan to one day execute and release said masterpiece to the public so that people of all ethnicities and backgrounds and ages can appreciate and identify with Jesus, as we’re supposed to be doing. I am ready too see the gospels presented more accurately, including black Jesus.
#Black jesus skin#
I want a Jesus who’s hair looked just like mine, who’s lips were thick just like mine, who’s eyes and skin and everything were dark, yet could contain so much light. I want a Jesus that represents the sin I was a slave to, not one that became a slave master. That we have the ability to be good and right not just in the church, but in society at large. That we could be worthy of being called sons and daughters of GOD. That Jesus, a man who changed the world and the hearts of all who came in contact with him, could come and look just like them. To have a black Jesus in film would show young and old persons of African descent that they matter too. Jesus does not deserve to be used as a tool the white man implements to oppress black bodies, saying that white is the only holiness and rightness there can be. Jesus does not deserve our objectification. (Not to say that black people aren’t beautiful, but if we’re going to insist that the image media presents of Jesus is accurate in that he was not attractive, then we must also give him his race). We are making Christ out to be something that he is not, making him an object of beauty rather than a simple man on a mission. I am not trying to give the impression that Jesus’ race matters, but it does. One of my favourite poets, Crystal Valentine, had a few to say about this issue as well in her poem “And the News Reporter Says Jesus is White”.įor the news reporters or prophets to document So the idea that he had green eyes needs to stop. Also remember that Jesus’ body was adorned in spices you really think that white people were behind that, the same people who use salt and pepper like it’s the only thing available in the priveleged section of your local supermarket? Plus, there was nothing about Jesus physically that would draw people to him, and the Bible said it ( Isaiah 53:2). The darker the skin, the better it is at taking on extremely hot conditions. A white man’s skin is not capable of withstanding such conditions naturally – it’s just the genetics of the skin colour. There was no snow, just extremely hot and dusty weather. Why? Well firstly, Jesus was born and raised in Africa, where the heart of the black man beats. I do not know about your Jesus, but my Jesus could never have been a white man. He said, “I love Jesus/The one out of Nazareth/Not the European with the ultra perm/And them soft eyes and them thin lips.” The great and underrated philosopher, Lecrae (lol) brought ideas like this to the forefront of believers minds with a lyric from his song “Facts”. So far, the only images we see of Jesus are a Caucasian male with blue/green eyes and hair that weaves can only dream to be made of. We have Static, Blade, Storm, Black Lightning, Black Panther. It is claimed that no one knows what Christ looked like in the flesh, neither does it matter since He died for the sins of the world, but what does the Bible, a respected Christian historian who lived during Christ’s time, and early religious icons have to say about His physical appearance will be thoroughly investigated in this article.In a world where superheroes can finally come in all shapes and sizes, where black people can finally be represented on the big screen as the gods and goddesses we actually are, something is still missing.
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