“Māori Jesus” is artist Sofia Minson’s depiction of the Messiah as tangata whenua (indigenous Māori) with full-face moko (traditional tattoo).
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How Jesus became white – and why it’s time to cancel that
The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Rev. Carr said. Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was white.
