Saint Nicholas was a Turk and Jesus was a Semitic Jew. Both Turks and Semites are considered Caucasian. I doubt in either case, race was determinate but, as a simple matter of fact, both were Caucasians or “white”.
St. Nicholas was a Greek who lived in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey).
I think our esteemed leader should head over to the mid east and explain to those there how Christ and Mohammed were black. I think that would take care of two problems. First we would have a leadership change here and second we would have a majority opinion of whether he was correct as seen by local opinion.
Wrongo my FRiend. The Turks didn't occupy Anatolia (Asia Minor (Turkey)) until the fall of Constantinople in the the 13th century.
St Nick would have been Greek or Thracian or such like that; definitely white.
Ah, but they were “dark-skinned”, don’t you see? And, of course, that means they were “colored”. Hence, they were “black”.
See how logical it all is </sarc>
I’ve often wondered why Jesus looks Italian in all those old renaissance paintings. I always picture him as a young Billy Crystal.