Black people/Santa/Jesus on the front of xmas cards & racial prejudice at xmas

They weren't white stupid. Unless you call arabs white as they had a semite complexion.

lol! would you be offended of feel awkward if a coloured person gave you one of these?

also @ people saying Jesus was white northern european, look at Revelations 1:13-16

"His head and hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;
1:15 - And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. "

so his hair was wooly like a black person, not silky like a northern european, and his skin was like brass burned in a furnace, presumably bronzed, brownish and glowing not pale and pasty.

right .... so not in Africa then??

Christ was an Israelite I think,though I suppose if you believe in the miraculous conception he could appear as any colour under the sun. .....
No he wasn't Nordic, and portraying him with blue eyes is *probably inaccurate*, but this is quite uncommon and mot do portray him as Levantine, so your assertion here is misleading. Google images is enough to tell you this.

Saint Nicholas was born in Anatolia, so was probably Greek/Roman/other, so mostly white.

So for a start then, the two figures actually were close to white, or certainly Caucasian.
This isn't the point though: Christ and Father Christmas, are to a large degree cultural figures, and what they actually looked like, or even whether they actually existed, is of very little importance because (British) people like to imagine this figures in a way familiar to them, so probably white.

They associate Christmas with family, and 92% of people in the country have a predominantly white family.This is a 92% White British country, so companies market their Jesus/Santa stuff towards them, so reinforcing the notion of what they *should* look like.

This isn't racial prejudice, this is you being a prat. In future please try to be at least a little bit informed on a topic before you fling about 'racial prejudice' assertions.

As to why you were questioned as to your religion, of the 6% or so of the population which are not white or black, two-thirds are S.Asian, so likely Muslim or Hindu. Maybe a little rude on their part but presumably you were not lynched so you are doing ok.

if race doesnt matter then why is this image uncomfortable? if race doesnt matter then why are there not a diversity of different races represented in xmas cards? maybe people might like to give someone a xmas card with an image they can relate to? it is easy to say 'race doesnt matter' when it is YOUR race that is unanamously represented on EVERY SINGLE mainstream xmas card. if you walk into clintons cards, i can see why you would think race is not an issue - because there is no race other than the white race on cards!!!!

as for your point 'it has always been that way, why change it', does that mean Barbie should always be blond because it was always that way? does that mean apartheid in South Africa shouldnt have ended? does that mean the president of the states had always been white, so Obama shouldnt have been allowed to become president because having a white president 'had always been the way, why change it?'

it is easy to ignore issues of race when you are enjoying white privlidge and you cannot see what you have. even though something 'has always been that way' doesnt mean it has to STAY that way for our future generations. sometimes these prejudices NEED to change to advance ethnic diversity. not black rights, not white rights but EQUALITY.

so if they are not real people and 'race doesnt matter' then why cant at least SOME or even a COUPLE or FEW images on mainstream cards depict him as ANY non white race?

maybe a brown skinned muslim might also like to buy a brown skinned mary and joseph card for his niece?

you have the right to make black xmas card or whatever you want, so do i have the right to chose some other card and feel the black/brown xmas card weird. equality means no one have to accept your idea nor can they say that you are doing something wrong

This is not even political correctness, this is stupidity.
Where's the alternative version of Goldi-locks from black-decent?

not really, goldi locks is a white people story with golden hair hence the name. but christmas in a universal multi race multi faith festival, in which only the white race is repsresented in cards which is wrong because

a) Jesus wasnt white (he had wooly hair and burnished bronze skin as per Revelations)

b)Santa isnt real so could be white or black

with 10%+ population non white and about 30-40% with non white relatives there should be at least one or two non white xmas cards in mainstream card shops, out of the 100s of white ones.

not really, goldi locks is a white people story with golden hair hence the name. but christmas in a universal multi race multi faith festival, in which only the white race is repsresented in cards which is wrong because

a) Jesus wasnt white (he had wooly hair and burnished bronze skin as per Revelations)

b)Santa isnt real so could be white or black

with 10%+ population non white and about 30-40% with non white relatives there should be at least one or two non white xmas cards in mainstream card shops, out of the 100s of white ones.

In China, Jesus is portrayed as Chinese. In Africa, Jesus is portrayed as African. In white societies, Jesus is portrayed as white. A white Jesus/Santa is just what people are used to here in UK.

Of course, St Nicholas was Greek, and Jesus was Middle Eastern...

racial equality means that if i give you a card with a white face or a brown face on it, or if you see a brown newsreader instead of a white one, you would simply see a christmas card or a newsreader, NOT a brownfacednewsreader or brownfacedxmas card.

after all, race shouldnt matter should it?

so if i as a brown person choose to give you as my white friend a nice quality xmas card with a brown santa on it, why would you find that weird and not simply appreciate the gesture that i have gievn you a nice xmas card?

because not making change in the design will not bring down profit but change the design is not guaranteed to increase profit

Jesus is white in China
1. from as far as i can remember, in the stories, Santa came from northern Europe, and I don't get what's the point to make a native of northern Europe brown.

2.I'm Chinese and I will appreciate the card, but still not the brown Santa--never make him Chinese or i won't be able to hold my laugh

lol! great to hear from you, i have always wondered. everyone told me that in eg africa or asia, santa and Jesus images are according to the majority race . i guess not so. is Jesus also white in china? are chinese barbies or baby dolls chinese or white?

i want my kids to be proud of their race, and my daughters not to think they need to be white and blond to be beautiful. i will get them brown baby dolls and brown barbies or even a mix of different race ones.

also i did a santa fun run dressed as santa to raise ££ for farliegh and walking past kids in the street, regardless of my obviously brown face, they recognised teh santa suit and waved at me and said 'look theres santa!' kids dont see race the way adults do.