US EditionCritics see Trump attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an effort to sanitize racism in US history
- President Donald Trump ordered the Smithsonian to remove what he calls "improper ideology" from its museums, suggesting that the institution misrepresents U.S. History regarding liberty and rights.
- Critics, including Professor Cornell William Brooks, argue that Trump's executive order is an insult to intelligence and culture, aiming to sanitize the history of racism and oppression in America.
- Civil rights advocates express concern that the order will chill acknowledgment of Black contributions to U.S. History, suggesting it distorts the narrative for racist ends.
- Historians like Ibram X. Kendi warn that the order overlooks significant historical events, such as slavery and Jim Crow laws, essential for understanding America's complete story.
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CNN Mangles Trump's Smithsonian Order To Accuse Him Of Banning History
CNN’s Anderson Cooper welcomed Professor and former NAACP President Cornell William Brooks to his Friday show to help him set some straw men ablaze on President Donald Trump’s order for the Smithsonian to remove all “improper ideology” at its museums. The published order gave a clear definition of “improper ideology,” but the duo insisted on talking about something else so it could accuse him of trying to “make America great by propaganda.” Coop…
American historians on Trump's museum demands: It resembles fascism
After Donald Trump appointed himself chairman of the prestigious cultural institution The Kennedy Center earlier this year, the next step in the president's cultural policy is now coming: Stop everything he considers "woke" at the US national museum The Smithsonian.
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Critics see Trump attacks on 'Black Smithsonian' as effort to sanitize racism in US history
They say it's the administration’s latest move to downplay how race, racism and Black Americans shaped the nation’s story.
Trump orders purge of Black History from Smithsonian, targets African American Museum
President Donald Trump walks with Housing and Urban Development Secretary-designate Dr. Ben Carson, as they pass a exhibit honoring Carson during a tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci/File) Even the most cynical observers knew this day would come. Since Donald Trump … Continued
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