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electric_blue68

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2. It's a disgusting back to literal "white washing" effort to hide our true history.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 07:24 PM

Mar 29

Last edited Sun Mar 30, 2025, 07:35 PM - Edit history (1)

I remember (since I was visiting DC for fun, and at other times protests) hearing about the Museum of American History obtaining the Woolworth's lunch counter where the sit-ins occurred.

So on one of my fun visits I went see it. It was, like, standing there and feeling the currents of *History* wafting around me. Very moving!

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Critics see Trump attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an effort to sanitize racism in US history [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 29 OP

People need to block the entrances of those museums and not let the orange hitlers thugs in! kimbutgar Mar 29 #1

It's a disgusting back to literal "white washing" effort to hide our true history. electric_blue68 Mar 29 #2

Duh malaise Mar 29 #3

Worse than that; it also wants to stop anyone saying race is a social construct muriel_volestrangler Mar 29 #4

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