Shane Claiborne recalls the time he was approached to play Jesus for a skit. The reason given? "We need a white guy." I was initially shocked at this, but not too surprised. After all, some people live in a pretty small world.
Lately, I've thought about skits, movies, and all other medium requiring the role of Christ being played. More often than not the choices for the role are white. I'm a benefit-of-a-doubt kind of guy so I won't call it intentional. But do many of us have that picture in our head? Do we realize how ridiculous that is?
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