{"id":22631,"date":"2015-12-07T19:07:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T19:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=22631"},"modified":"2019-02-28T22:41:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:41:23","slug":"manhattan-man-sues-metropolitan-museum-for-racist-whitewashed-jesus-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/12\/manhattan-man-sues-metropolitan-museum-for-racist-whitewashed-jesus-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan man sues Metropolitan Museum for &#8216;racist whitewashed\u2019 Jesus paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you kidding me &#8212; give me a break &#8230; this is what bogs down our legal system. When Mr. Justin Renel Joseph loses, the court system should charge him for the costs involved. \u00a0To read more about the STUPID case, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/justin-renel-joseph-manhattan-man-sues-metropolitan-museum-for-including-racist-portrayals-of-a6763101.html\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22632\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/met-museum-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22632\" class=\"wp-image-22632 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/met-museum-3-300x2521.jpg\" alt=\"met-museum-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francesco Granacci &#8216;The Crucifixion&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you kidding me &#8212; give me a break &#8230; this is what bogs down our legal system. When Mr. Justin Renel Joseph loses, the court system should charge him for the costs involved. \u00a0To read more about the STUPID &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/12\/manhattan-man-sues-metropolitan-museum-for-racist-whitewashed-jesus-paintings\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-22631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","tag-stupid-art-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manhattan man sues Metropolitan Museum for &#039;racist whitewashed\u2019 Jesus paintings - Rehs Galleries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/12\/manhattan-man-sues-metropolitan-museum-for-racist-whitewashed-jesus-paintings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manhattan man sues Metropolitan Museum for &#039;racist whitewashed\u2019 Jesus paintings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are you kidding me &#8212; give me a break &#8230; this is what bogs down our legal system. 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