Wikipedia: The term "Semite" means a member of any of various ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples originating in the Near East, including Hebrews (Israelites, Judeans and Samaritans), Bahranis, Maltese, Syriacs and Arabs. Jesus was a Hebrew who lived 2000 years ago in the Middle East. 99% of people never moved further than maybe 100 miles from their place of birth in their lifetimes - no-one knew what a Middle Eastern Jew looked like, including the painters, who invented White Jesus so it would be easier for people to identify with the Christ. That's right. White Jesus is Bible fan-fiction.