Museums are supposed to be neutral ground – meaning that if I am looking at an exhibit of the Wright Brothers I don’t need or want a curator to tell me about the “patriarchy,” remind me that Orville and Wilbur were white men and that, if given the chance, a woman of color likely would have flown first. If that seems farfetched, well, unfortunately that seems to be what has happened to the national museums in D.C.
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The last time I was in Washington D.C., I had a pleasant time visiting the museums. I didn’t get lectured about my white privilege. Things have changed. Apparently, the Smithsonian abounds with ideologues. Recently, the museum has, through one-sided display placards, the types of displays, and the elimination of important, impactful people and historical things, attempted to lecture visitors with ideology that is anathema to most Americans. Fox News