Lawsuit: Paintings Depicting Jesus as White Are Racist, Must Be Taken Down
(FOX NEWS)- A New York City man is suing the Metropolitan Museum of Art, claiming that any paintings that depict Jesus as white should be taken down.
Justin Renel Joseph has filed a lawsuit in the Manhattan Supreme Court alleging that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 demands that four paintings be removed, according to reports.
Joseph, who is acting as his own lawyer, says he suffered "personal stress" after viewing:
"The implication that someone who possesses physical features like the plaintiff could not be the important historical and public figure of Jesus Christ ... caused the plaintiff to feel, among other things, rejected and unaccepted by society," court documents say.