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  • Man Suing Museum for Exhibiting Paintings Depicting Jesus as White Because That’s Racist

    12/09/2015 7:09:37 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 51 replies
    National Review ^ | 12/09/2015 | Katherine Timpf
    A man is actually suing the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for exhibiting masterpiece paintings of Jesus Christ because Jesus is white and blond in the paintings ” and that is racist. Justin Renel Joseph has filed a lawsuit in the Manhattan Supreme Court alleging that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 demands that the four paintings be removed, according to an article in New York Post. "They completely changed his race to make him more aesthetically pleasing for white people," he told the Post. "I'm suing a public venue which by the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
  • Met accused of whitewashing baby Jesus [Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City]

    12/06/2015 7:41:00 AM PST · by ETL · 30 replies
    New York Post ^ | December 6, 2015 | Kathianne Boniello
    A Manhattan man is suing the Met, claiming it's committing sacrilege by depicting Jesus as a blond. "Racist" paintings portraying Christ as an "Aryan" male should be removed from the walls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Justin Renel Joseph argues in his Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit. The masterpieces are "offensive aesthetic whitewashing" of the reality that the Savior, as a native of the Middle Eastern region, had "black hair like wool and skin of bronze color," says Joseph, 33, who is acting as his own lawyer. He says he suffered "personal stress" after viewing "The Holy Family with Angels"...