by Peter Hasson
Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King called Monday for the removal of statues, murals and stained glass windows that depict Jesus as a “white European,” which he claimed “are a form of white supremacy.”
“Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down,” King, a former surrogate on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign, wrote on Twitter. “They are a form of white supremacy. Always have been.”
King’s targeting of religious artwork comes as various activist groups have moved beyond tearing down Confederate statues and are now calling for the removal of other historical monuments.
“In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went?” he added. “EGYPT! Not Denmark. Tear them down.”
Yes.
All murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends should also come down.
They are a gross form white supremacy.
Created as tools of oppression.
Racist propaganda.They should all come down.
— Shaun King (@shaunking) June 22, 2020
“All murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends should also come down,” King wrote in a second tweet. “They are a gross form of white supremacy.”
A spokesperson for King didn’t immediately return a request for additional comment.
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Peter Hasson is a reporter at Daily Caller News Foundation.
Photo “Christus” by Midiman CC2.0.
Jesus was not from Europe. He was a Jew from Jerusalem. Shaun King need to read the Bible before he says Jesus was a European. He’s a dumbass moron. He needs to be jailed for false accusations.
These statues were initiated by the Romans not Denmark. If you read your Bible the Greek and Roman cities were full of statues of idols. They simply transferred the idols for Jesus and the disciples. The Roman government had their artists paint depictions of God, Jesus and the disciples.
I am sorry to say this man is full of hate.
Jesus is the Savior of the World. and the statues are sacred.
its time for these idiots to stop destroying things of value to the world.
And sorry – none of you have been slaves. it ended 170 years ago.
You are just trying to trash America.
Your movement is rubbish.
Civil War II has already started. Once statues of Jesus get torn down, that’s when the war will be officially declared.