The Editor’s View: Why does Satan have dark skin?

The History Channel has been under scrutiny the past couple of weeks for its television series, “The Bible.”
Airing weekly on Sunday nights, it is based on characters and stories that come from the Bible.
The series producers have been heavily criticized since the airing of their March 17 episode because some viewers claim the character Satan resembles President Barack Obama.
News stations and social networking sites have been very critical of the series for the resemblance in looks Satan has to our president.
A tweet by conservative media personality Glenn Beck said, “Anyone else think the Devil in #TheBible Sunday on History Channel looks exactly like That Guy?” (As “That Guy” referring to Obama.)
The series creators are denying reports that the Satan character intentionally resembles the president.
“This is utter nonsense. The actor who played Satan, Mehdi Ouzaani, is a highly acclaimed Moroccan actor,” said executive producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey in a statement to FOX 411.
“He has previously played parts in several Biblical epics – including Satanic characters long before Barack Obama was elected president.”
To further end the rumors, The History Channel released a statement, “It’s unfortunate that anyone made this false connection. History’s ‘The Bible’ is meant to enlighten people on its rich stories and deep history.”
The network and the producers can say what they want, but the resemblance between the character and Obama is unmistakable.
However, people are upset over the wrong thing. Even if the series creators say the similarities in looks between the president and the character are unintentional, they can’t deny the color of Satan’s skin.
Instead of asking why does the character resembles Obama, the real question should be, “Why does Satan have dark skin?”
The History Channel also said that the show aims to have “a diversity of respected actors.”
If somebody does play the character of Satan, makeup and special effects should be used so viewers can’t tell the race of the actor.
I was offended when I heard about this story. I don’t like the idea of the most wicked character in the Bible being portrayed with dark skin – I don’t care if it’s just a show.