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  • 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"...