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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...

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"...

Two of the three paintings, visible to guests and millions of tourists at Hearst Castle since 1935, will be returned Friday to the heirs of the rightful owners, both of whom died during the war, one in the death camp at Auschwitz. The shocking discovery, made after a lawyer for the heirs filed a claim with the California State Parks, is yet another reminder of the scope of Jewish persecution during World War II. "Never in a million years did I think anything like this would cross my desk," said Brad Torgan, the former general counsel for the state parks...