You are, apparently thinking of representations of Jesus as being derived from Salman’s Head of Christ, 19th c. What a pitifully narrrow world you inhabit.
I agree that Salman’s Head of Christ turns him into a Western European and is misleading and should be taken down off all the Protestant Church walls on which it hangs.
But why do you assume that your narrow Protestant world of pictures of Christ is the sum of all the representations of Christ?
There are thousands of years of icons portraying Christ and he doesn’t look like a white northern European there.
Broaden your horizons. Open your mind to the possiblity tha the very Scripture you revere points to the veneration of this relic of Jesus from day one.
You with your “I don’t need no help to my belief, all I need is grace” mantra: Scripture itself tells us that people saw these gravecloths as a very important part of the historical record of the empty tomb. The Shroud of Turin was part of the faith of the Apostles who wrote the New Testament you revere. They didn’t think honoring this holy Relic of the Savior went against pure faith
But you do. Why? We are more scriptural than you.
Where are these Semitic representations in American churches? Calling me ignorant when you cannot show me an example paints a poor show of logic on your part.
Why do you think American churches in unison portray Jesus as European?