Trump attacks on the Smithsonian African American museum as an effort to sanitize racism in US history

[HomerJS]

I’ve been screaming since 2011 white conservatives have been trying to whitewash history into their favor. We are coming full circle.

Constant attacks on black people but they are not racist, right?

Critics see Trump attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an effort to sanitize racism in US history

Civil rights advocates, historians and Black political leaders are sharply rebuking President Donald Trump for his order targeting the Smithsonian Institution.

apnews.com

 

[ivwshane]

Well this was one of the major things he campaigned on./s

I like how republicans like to legislate/enact policies on things they know nothing about.

 

[pauldun170]

This is the same guy who demands that the Kennedy center switch to playing Cats, Phantom of the opera and Fiddler on the roof.

 

[K1052]

This is the same guy who demands that the Kennedy center switch to playing Cats, Phantom of the opera and Fiddler on the roof.

On Earth 2 right now Donald John Trump is a Tony award winning Broadway producer happily married to his male partner of 30 years who breeds purebred Persian cats in Port Washington.

 

[skyking]

^there is a good play for the Kennedy Center.

 

[cytg111]

You got to stop this fool... retarded Adolf is just getting started

 

[HomerJS]

Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Kevin Young has been put on leave. Trump looking to removed slavery section from the museum. Racist POTUS whitewashing slavery from American history

https://thegrio.com/2025/04/03/director-of-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-on-leave-as-trump-adminstration-turns-attention-to-smithsonian/

 

[DZero]

Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Kevin Young has been put on leave. Trump looking to removed slavery section from the museum. Racist POTUS whitewashing slavery from American history

https://thegrio.com/2025/04/03/director-of-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-on-leave-as-trump-adminstration-turns-attention-to-smithsonian/

Worse, he wants to destroy the American history, next would be destroying Abe Lincoln legacy

 

[hal2kilo]

This is the same guy who demands that the Kennedy center switch to playing Cats, Phantom of the opera and Fiddler on the roof.

Why not throw in The Wiz and Anne.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Right wing media feeds into the racism. You don’t have to ever encounter Blacks/Latinos/immigrants/Arabs/etc. to just KNOW they’re the problem with this country, in fact it’s easier to hate those people if you don’t know any of them.

 

[hal2kilo]

Actually, have been surprised that it hasn't just been shut down by now.

 

[HomerJS]

Artifacts Tied to Slavery and Civil Rights Quietly Pulled from Black History Museum as Trump Orders ‘Race‑Free’ Review​

Artifacts Tied to Slavery and Civil Rights Quietly Pulled from Black History Museum as Trump Orders 'Race‑Free' Review | EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More

More than 30 objects have been rotated out of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

eurweb.com

 

[hal2kilo]

Artifacts Tied to Slavery and Civil Rights Quietly Pulled from Black History Museum as Trump Orders ‘Race‑Free’ Review​

Artifacts Tied to Slavery and Civil Rights Quietly Pulled from Black History Museum as Trump Orders 'Race‑Free' Review | EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More

More than 30 objects have been rotated out of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

eurweb.com

We wouldn't want white people to walk away feeling bad about what the family might have been involved in. I know one of my paternal relatives had "property".

 

[trenchfoot]

Trump's doing it because it makes him personally look bad. He takes everything personal. His racist hatred for anything non-white is beyond the pale due to his current job title. That he enlisted the richest racist in the world to help him out with his whitewashing campaign is one giant stinking fascist racist feather in his MAGA cap. He needs to have one of those red MAGAt brain buckets pulled down over his eyes and ears to make him look exactly like how he really is.

 

[HomerJS]

Nothing like a bunch of white people losing their shit over a logo change but cancelling black history is cool with those same people