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muriel_volestrangler

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4. Worse than that; it also wants to stop anyone saying race is a social construct
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 07:38 PM
Mar 29
Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology. This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive. For example, the Smithsonian American Art Museum today features “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture,” an exhibit representing that “[s]ocieties including the United States have used race to establish and maintain systems of power, privilege, and disenfranchisement.” The exhibit further claims that “sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism” and promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, stating “Race is a human invention.”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/

This is going back to racial classification - "it's a biological reality that races are different, and don't you forget it". Combine that with the claim that American history has not been racist, and you're back with segregation - "separate but equal, but you're forbidden to question whether 'equal' is true".

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