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rhapsodygreen OP t1_j1nlmn9 wrote

Reply to comment by Akieboy in My African parents couldn't find a dark-skinned virgin Mary, so they they put Mary in blackface by rhapsodygreen

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Akieboy t1_j1no32w wrote

The black Madonna in Europe dates back to at least the 12th century. They are most commonly found in the Spanish style. True African madonnas have been unfortunately mostly ignored outside of Africa.

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Shot-Dog-3824 t1_j1nsed0 wrote

They couldn’t find a dark skinned Virgin Mary because it doesn’t exist. Extremely racist

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An_Lei_Laoshi t1_j1o8ick wrote

The completely milk white Virgin Mary most commonly portrayed is faithful /s I'm European and I'm not so white

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Shot-Dog-3824 t1_j1o9ak9 wrote

Misportraying these characters is still sacrilege

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Bekiala t1_j1oivwb wrote

Well Mary has commonly been mis-portrayed as white and blond. I don't see this as sacrilege but it does seem a bit misleading.

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the_honeyman t1_j1q6v6c wrote

Do you think Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were white? Because that's the real sacrilege here.

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tesseract4 t1_j1qlwnj wrote

Mary, if she was actually a real person who lived, was certainly not white, so I don't see how portraying her as other than white could be "sacreligious". I mean, the rules of religion are all made up anyway, so if you wanna go that route you certainly can, I just figured you wouldn't want to acknowledge that.

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