Once I hit my late teens I started wondering why the LDS Church was so insistent that Jesus (and other Biblical folks) looked so much like a white northern European. I was sure in my heart that Mormons knew full well that Jesus didn't look like a Scandinavian immigrant, but Mormon art suggests otherwise. Even this year's nativity video favors a very white Jesus.
It's like this...
...not this. Trust me. Our prophets have seen him.
We just really like to keep things white and delightsome. If you want to know more about why this might be, read Stephen Prothero.
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