The Color Of Christ By Edward J. Blum And Paul Harvey
In the book, The Color of Christ written by Edward J. Blum and Paul Harvey provide an insight on how the concept of White Jesus has changed over time. In the Antebellum America, some African American made the white Jesus as anti-slavery hero and visioned him very close to the point that they made him a servant who suffers and gets persecuted. In the age of Imperialism, some African American civil activist made White Jesus as an issue of race, while some through their artwork an oriental face of Black Jesus. While there are few similarities before and after civil war, some African American views are very different. Antebellum some African American see Christ as a hero, but Imperialism African American see Him as a problem. In chapter 4, “Body
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In the twentieth century, civil right activists critiqued the White Jesus as a racial problem in a nation defined by racial segregation and discrimination. Some African American argued that giving Christ a racial segregation because if Jesus is pale, men and women of color will feel greater distance than a white person. Albion Tourgee who was a lead attorney for Plessy vs. Ferguson wrote a novel called Pactolus Prime. In his novel a guy named Prime was son of interracial south was mistaken as a confederate soldier and was sent to prison because he looked white. Even after his freedom, he was mad at world discriminating him because of his race and blamed white Jesus. Prime associated slavery with another name of White Christ. Prime stated, “The follower of the white Christ had robbed many people of two hundred and fifty years of bodily tool and rightful opportunity, taking the proceeds to add to their own wealth , their own luxury, the education of their children, the building of churches and colleges” (151). Many African American civil right activist said that Jesus is not of a caucasian race, instead he is black. Henry Ossawa Tanner was the most decorated black artist of twentieth century. Through his artwork, he critiqued the image of white Jesus. In Tanner’s Savior (1905), he surrogated it with darkened and veiled Jesus with layers of dark and brown
In the twentieth century, civil right activists critiqued the White Jesus as a racial problem in a nation defined by racial segregation and discrimination. Some African American argued that giving Christ a racial segregation because if Jesus is pale, men and women of color will feel greater distance than a white person. Albion Tourgee who was a lead attorney for Plessy vs. Ferguson wrote a novel called Pactolus Prime. In his novel a guy named Prime was son of interracial south was mistaken as a confederate soldier and was sent to prison because he looked white. Even after his freedom, he was mad at world discriminating him because of his race and blamed white Jesus. Prime associated slavery with another name of White Christ. Prime stated, “The follower of the white Christ had robbed many people of two hundred and fifty years of bodily tool and rightful opportunity, taking the proceeds to add to their own wealth , their own luxury, the education of their children, the building of churches and colleges” (151). Many African American civil right activist said that Jesus is not of a caucasian race, instead he is black. Henry Ossawa Tanner was the most decorated black artist of twentieth century. Through his artwork, he critiqued the image of white Jesus. In Tanner’s Savior (1905), he surrogated it with darkened and veiled Jesus with layers of dark and brown