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Official US Archves - rewriting history... - RgrF - 11-01-2024
...or as Professor/Doctor/Historian Timothy Snyder might say "censoring ourselves in advance"
quoting from the (gasp!) Wall Street Journal.
The explicit justification here was that the facts would hurt the feelings of guests who didn’t want to hear about union organizers and Native Americans. Visitors shouldn’t “feel confronted,” the Archivist said, but rather “welcomed.” Of course, Japanese Americans or Native Americans are unlikely to feel “confronted” by exhibits on their history, so the archivist was clearly referring to making white conservatives feel more at ease. In fact, an employee was specifically “told to look for success stories about white people.” And, looking over an exhibit about westward expansion, Shogan asked a staffer “Why is it so much about Indians?”
and they haven't even taken office yet, guess this director got the message.
Re: Official US Archves - rewriting history... - Ted King - 11-01-2024
From the article cited in the OP:
Essentially, the National Archives museum is becoming a tribute to (supposed) American greatness, rather than an honest account of all aspects of our history.
