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Nah the statement that Cesare Borgias was an inspiration for the so called "white Jesus with a beard look" has been refuted before on the forum as there are countless such depictions of christ that predate Cesare by more than a millenia. The "Pantocrator" look has been around since the fourth century with his long hair and beard and pale white skin standing for something outside of time - it is not meant to be a realistic depiction but a representation of things divine and timeless. However, I am not saying anything about how the historical Jesus actually looked like. I have seen no proof anywhere even of his existence let alone his appearance... But I do know that early christian art does not depict him as black. The earliest icons I have seen do depict him without a beard but his skin is of the typicial olive mediterranean tone.
Yeshua was a so called Black man. The end.