How Jesus became white — and why it’s time to cancel that

Chicago • The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s.It felt “weird,” Carr said.Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was white.At least that’s how he appeared when she was growing up. A copy of Warner E. Sallman’s “Head of Christ” painting hung in her home, depicting a gentle Jesus with blue eyes turned heavenward and dark blond hair cascading over his shoulders in waves.The painting, which has