National Museum of African American History apologizes for chart listing attributes of ‘whiteness’ after criticism from Donald Trump Jr and the conservative media
https://news.yahoo.com/national-museum-african-american-history-113916415.html
- The National Museum for African American History and Culture removed a chart listing “whiteness” attributes after receiving criticism from Donald Trump Jr and conservative media.
- The chart listed “hard work,” “respecting authority,” and “objective, rational linear thinking” as some of the attributes of “white dominant culture, or whiteness.”
- Donald Trump Jr. criticized the graphic earlier this week, tweeting: “These aren’t ‘white’ values. They’re American values that built the world’s greatest civilization. They help you succeed here, no matter your color.”
- Museum officials issued an apology on Thursday, saying they “need these types of frank and respectful interchanges as we as a country grapple with how we talk about race and its impact on our lives.”
The Smithsonian National Museum for African American History and Culture in Washington DC has removed an online chart listing “hard work” and “rational linear thinking” as attributes of white culture after criticism from Donald Trump Jr. and the conservative media.
The chart was in the “Whiteness” section of the museum’s “Talking About Race” online portal and listed “objective, rational linear thinking,” “hard work,” “respecting authority” as some of the attributes of “white dominant culture, or whiteness.”
Another trait listed in the chart was being in a nuclear family where the husband is the “breadwinner” and the wife is a “homemaker.”
The graphic came under fire this week after both Donald Trump Jr. and political commentator Ben Shapiro criticized it on Twitter, according to the Washington Post.
Trump Jr. tweeted on Wednesday: “These aren’t ‘white’ values. They’re American values that built the world’s greatest civilization. They help you succeed here, no matter your color. So make no mistake, Biden’s radicals aren’t coming for ‘whites,’ they’re coming for the entire American way of life.”
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