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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Why Is the Gay Jesus White?

One would think that with all that we now know about the historical Jesus, he would no longer be represented as a white guy in our time. However, it is quite curios that even a gay representation of Jesus pictures him as white. Instead of calling him the white, gay Jesus, however, he is simply called the gay Jesus. And this gay Jesus is taken to represent all gay people, as if all gay people are white. One would think that a group of people who are particular about discriminatory use of images would be sensitive about the portrayal of Jesus. Aren't there Asian or Black gay people? Why should the gay Jesus be a white guy?

In a related development, the Yoga Jesus is also portrayed as a white guy even though a Yoga Jesus would be a blended idea. And there is a nameless black guy, presumably Simon of Cyrene, helping the yoga Jesus.

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