“The National Archives museum, under Biden-appointed U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan, has been working to reshape its narrative of American history in order to make white conservatives more comfortable
“The National Archives museum, under Biden-appointed U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan, has been working to reshape its narrative of American history in order to make white conservatives more comfortable
“The National Archives museum, under Biden-appointed U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan, has been working to reshape its narrative of American history in order to make white conservatives more comfortable … The museum has removed references to Martin Luther King Jr., Japanese internment, Native Americans, union organizers, and birth control … A photo of King was replaced with one of Richard Nixon meeting Elvis Presley.”
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@[email protected] Fuck this right in the neck. If we're not preserving history to learn from mistakes of the past, then it's absolutely worthless. Also, goddamn disgusting.
@[email protected] mandatory "history without discomfort is just propaganda" posting.
@[email protected] Trying to be shocked by this photograph of the "Biden-appointed U.S. Archivist" who thinks everything should be sanitized and tidy for the sake of comforting bigots.
@[email protected] Shogan has published a strong rebuttal that WSJ arti...oh no, wait, she's doubled down, nvm.
https://aotus11.blogs.archives.gov/2024/10/30/a-message-from-the-archivist/
@[email protected] JFC. There is no bottom to worse, and no end to the whining of these white supremacist pillocks. But for a museum to give in to their sniveling is the absolute end!
@[email protected] So interesting that the original story is published in the WSJ - a news outlet owned by Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp. It is then picked up by a leftist news organization and regurgitated. Really interesting.