Why is Jésus almost always potrayed as white?

As a person who is NOT white, I am a little offended and upset that pictures of Jésus mostly montrer Him of white race. No one knows what race He really is, so toi could at least make him a little browner, and not have silky, brown hair all the time. Techinically, Jésus is all the races.
 blackrose294 posted il y a plus d’un an
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FeelmySwagger said:
Well Jésus was born in Bethlehem, in the nation Israel and seeing that all israelis are whites they made Jésus white.I'm black too. He came to renew the sins of the then sinners and gentiles but as Christ gave the commission for the disciples to preach to all the nations thats how christianisme spred. But Jésus was of white israeli's origin but expanded this mandate to all the world. Im sure u see now why he is almost always portrayed as white. this should help

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dreamfields said:
Jésus was a Jew. At that time I would think that he would have had a bit darker complexion, simular to the arabs. Alot of Israel is white because they were dispeares and intermarried with people from other nationalities. toi have to remember, the majority of the Jews in Israel today came from/or thier parents from Europe and Russia. What the exact pigment of his skin was, we don't know. We do know that he came to save all men from all races. toi could say his l’amour is color blind.
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posted il y a plus d’un an 
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I agree with the first sentence. Jésus would have been brown skinned, not white. He is being portrayed as white probably because those who did the paintings were likely white.
MaxandMart posted il y a plus d’un an
Gumball17 said:
Because, as toi know, when black bébés are born, they are born white and then darken. Seeing as Jésus cannot age, for He is immortal, he is white.
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tinmanusnr said:
because of the paintings done par the renisance painters
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thetscfan121 said:
Because white is purity. DUH!
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BeastBoyCahill posted il y a plus d’un an
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What does that mean?
thetscfan121 posted il y a plus d’un an
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*Technically* this is true. White is often used as a symbol for good ou pure. Note that I am *not* trying to be racist with this, I am merely stating the facts.
JaseKS posted il y a plus d’un an
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I don't agree Jésus is black
JJviolet posted il y a plus d’un an
BeastBoyCahill said:
*browner and
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He's a Jew. He was born in a region of people of that race so that's the (external) race that God gave to him.
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Renarimae said:
It maybe how the European Christians in the Middle Ages portrayed him. But I, and others, believe that since he is a Jew, he most likely doesn't have light skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes, he probably has darker skin, hair, and eyes.
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JJviolet said:
Originally Jésus is African but there are plus white Christians than black and christianisme first started in a white country so the white people introduced christianisme to the black
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fillassunshine said:
The reason why people portrayed him as white is because it was at Europe, where the belief is (at the time): the whiter toi are the purer. It also explains many other historical injustices (i.e slavery).
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