There's a traditional catholic churcr in Leicester that I have been to that has various images of Jesus on the cross, they are all different, and all but one are white.

The last is a crucifix with a black man on it, with African features, hair and eyes.

The priests are your typical old Irish (stereotype would extend this to reactionary, racist etc) parish priests.

here is no issue about it, it is just there, above an altar, beside the door out of which the priests and altar boys process into and out of the Mass.



Seperately, I seem to remember something from RE in school where we read from a document in which an eye witness refers to getting a glimpse of Jesus over the heads of a throng of people, in which he is described as being dark with thin frizzy hair.

Hardly the most reliable or otherwise helpful historical source for you to digest, however meriting at least a brief mention in my view.