In his Truth Social website President Donald Trump described the Smithsonian as “OUT OF CONTROL” and said museums across the United States are “WOKE.”
Convicted felon says museums are woke and out of control.
In a statement sent to Newsweek the Smithsonian said: "The Smithsonian’s work is grounded in a deep commitment to scholarly excellence, rigorous research, and the accurate, factual presentation of history.
The world’s largest museum, education and research complex says they are grounded in accurate presentation of history.
It’s pretty clear that the US government is targeting the Smithsonian and other historical archives to rewrite history.
Considering the other articles linked which talk about the removal of trump’s impeachments and other pressures on historical facts and accuracy, I’d be worried about the following quote:
"It’s not about whitewashing it’s about full context, so while slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation’s history you can’t really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress and I think we need to be focusing on the progress that we’ve made then and we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress.
So, yeh the Nazis killed a bunch of people. But they also developed the Volkswagen, Porsche and Hugo Boss. And we have all come to appreciate fancy cars and fly shirts. So, let’s not focus on what the Nazis did, but instead let’s concentrate on the hope that cars bring!
And even if you argue that “things are better now”. Sure, somewhat. But, imo, it’s not really something to celebrate. Black people can vote, but shitty racist people in power still suppress the fuck out of them.
Germany recognises it’s history. It teaches it in school, it’s made memorials & museums of historically abhorrent places, and it’s outlawed everything related.
to work to eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology from the Smithsonian and its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.
So, eliminate some history.
But - depending on how carefully that scalpel is wielded - it could cut away the bad parts and leave the “good” parts. Cherry picking, if you will.
Leaves a generally positive vibe of slavery.
Divisive and anti-american to whip/hang/rape slaves. So, leave that part out.
But provide the American dream for a slave by impregnating them and giving them a less crowded room and easier slave labour, or elevating them to a house position, or whatever… THATS the American dream!
Slaves that behaved were treated well.
But, just leave out the thousands of slaves that were beaten for sensless reasons because they were considered barbaric and sub-human.
Just… Ignore the fact that they were kidnapped from their home, transported for weeks in horrendous conditions, then auctioned off to rich white men.
White House official Lindsey Halligan: “While slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation’s history, you can’t really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress … we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress.”
The word “negative” doesn’t appear once outside the title
And yet the title is still an accurate summary.
Focusing on the “progress” and “hope” while teaching slavery is indeed a form of white washing of history.
Convicted felon says museums are woke and out of control.
The world’s largest museum, education and research complex says they are grounded in accurate presentation of history.
It’s pretty clear that the US government is targeting the Smithsonian and other historical archives to rewrite history.
Considering the other articles linked which talk about the removal of trump’s impeachments and other pressures on historical facts and accuracy, I’d be worried about the following quote:
So, yeh the Nazis killed a bunch of people. But they also developed the Volkswagen, Porsche and Hugo Boss. And we have all come to appreciate fancy cars and fly shirts. So, let’s not focus on what the Nazis did, but instead let’s concentrate on the hope that cars bring!
And even if you argue that “things are better now”. Sure, somewhat. But, imo, it’s not really something to celebrate. Black people can vote, but shitty racist people in power still suppress the fuck out of them.
Germany recognises it’s history. It teaches it in school, it’s made memorials & museums of historically abhorrent places, and it’s outlawed everything related.
US still celebrates Thanksgiving.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maiahoskin/2022/11/24/the-real-history-behind-thanksgiving/
So yeh, here is the directive:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-restores-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/
So, eliminate some history.
But - depending on how carefully that scalpel is wielded - it could cut away the bad parts and leave the “good” parts. Cherry picking, if you will.
Leaves a generally positive vibe of slavery.
Divisive and anti-american to whip/hang/rape slaves. So, leave that part out.
But provide the American dream for a slave by impregnating them and giving them a less crowded room and easier slave labour, or elevating them to a house position, or whatever… THATS the American dream!
Slaves that behaved were treated well.
But, just leave out the thousands of slaves that were beaten for sensless reasons because they were considered barbaric and sub-human.
Just… Ignore the fact that they were kidnapped from their home, transported for weeks in horrendous conditions, then auctioned off to rich white men.
The lack of quotation marks around any part of the title indicates it’s not a direct quote.
Is there something you feel is inaccurate about it?
‘Bad’ and ‘negative’ are synonyms here.