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This is not just about displays in the Smithsonian. America will never move forward, nor heal, as a society of diverse people ...
On Aug. 13, Biggest Loser coach and Trump supporter Jillian Michaels had a meltdown on CNN defending white people in a debate ...
White House gripes against Smithsonian come despite president’s past praise of museums like National Museum of African ...
Couric called on him to "debunk … or at least contextualize" comments Michaels made on CNN last week downplaying the impact ...
It's not about whitewashing, it's all about full context, so while slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's ...
An adviser to President Donald Trump said that while slavery was "horrible," no serious discussion of it is complete without ...
Is it whitewashing? It's not a museum's job to promote hope, thoughts and prayers. They exhibit the past. Trying to turn them ...
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Yes, slavery was bad, President Trump. It was evil and remains a stain on this country. We ...
Whitewashing slavery is a dangerous and calculated erasure of the truth, and if we are to move forward, we must remember it ...
Only a racist would dare to defend or dismiss slavery, which stripped Africans of human rights and enslaved them as chattel to pick cotton on Southern plantations. They were often whipped and — in the ...
The White House published a list of Smithsonian exhibits, programming and artwork it considered objectionable on Thursday, ...
Special Assistant to the President Lindsey Halligan said the Smithsonian museums had become "laboratories for political experiments." ...