In an excerpt from his new book I’d Rather We Got Casinos and Other Black Thoughts, The Daily Show correspondent explores Biblical signs of Jesus’ “homey heritage.” ...

Jesus was Black, and it's healthier for Black people to be Black-centric, ... The Bible says He had hair like wool and feet like bronze — that says he had brown skin and kinky hair.

“Jesus likely had brown skin, brown eyes, and dark hair,” says Dr. Joan Taylor, Professor of Christian Origins at King’s College London. “He was a Jew from the Middle East, not a European.” ...

Also, any movie that features a Black Jesus is a yes for me because I’m certain that Jesus Christ was Black. ... kinky hair. He spent his youth hiding in Egypt not Sweden.

"The hair was the easiest - there's a reference in Paul which says it's disgraceful for a man to wear long hair, so it looks pretty sure that people of that period had to have reasonably short hair.

OPINION: Jesus was Black, that's reality, and it's healthier for Black people to be Black-centric which includes rejecting the whitewashed image of our brother Jesus. The post Jesus was Black.