Need explanation from MAGA - why dismantle African American Museum and not recognize Indigenous People Day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do we need an African American Museum and African American exhibits in all the other museums? Probably should just pick one or the other.

Indigenous people day is also pretty dumb. Who even is "indigenous" anyway?

Please tell me you’re a troll. Either that or you’re a total uneducated loser.

[Anonymous]

Wow! Some real human waste in this thread. They should off themselves. The world does not need them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please help me understand why our country and history must be whitewashed? Is it out of hatred for people of color and native Americans? You were outraged by taking down confederate monuments (bc these monuments were HONORING racists. No one wants to remove them from history. In fact we NEED to recognize actual history). I am white and I am in tears hearing about this. Not only that, I am afraid of the white supremacy and propaganda that is happening. This has nothing to do with DEI. This is real history and real people. MAGA, please explain why you want this for our country.

Where's your link, OP? Here's mine. Nothing is being "dismantled." Why are you lying?

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/04/28/smithsonian-african-american-museum-trump-dei

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Removing and replacing artifacts and exhibits in museums - a practice that has occurred since forever, and returning those artifacts to those who initially donated them in the first place - that’s “dismantling”?

There’s not even a discussion to be had here. You’re incapable of reason.

Exactly. When items have been out on loan, they are returned to their owners. This is just more of the usual asinine lying from the left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Removing and replacing artifacts and exhibits in museums - a practice that has occurred since forever, and returning those artifacts to those who initially donated them in the first place - that’s “dismantling”?

There’s not even a discussion to be had here. You’re incapable of reason.

Ignorant and duped MAGA, this is being done by Trump’s order for reasons any intelligent and educated person fully understands. You go ahead and believe this is normal and fine. There is no hope for you cult members.

So the Smithsonian is lying? You were saying something about "ignorant and duped"?? Get a clue.

The Smithsonian said in a statement Monday that returning artifacts is standard under loan agreements. The Bible's loan agreement expires in May, a spokesperson for the institution told NBC 4.
Smithsonian leaders emphasize that the institution rotates items to ensure preservation and exhibit variety.

Any suggestion of alternative motives beyond that is false, the statement says.
Meanwhile, the Smithsonian is denying the removal of other artifacts, including the historic Greensboro sit-in lunch counter and a stool.

The counter is on display at the National Museum of American History, and the stool is the centerpiece of an exhibit at the African American history museum.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/04/28/smithsonian-african-american-museum-trump-dei

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Removing and replacing artifacts and exhibits in museums - a practice that has occurred since forever, and returning those artifacts to those who initially donated them in the first place - that’s “dismantling”?

There’s not even a discussion to be had here. You’re incapable of reason.

Ignorant and duped MAGA, this is being done by Trump’s order for reasons any intelligent and educated person fully understands. You go ahead and believe this is normal and fine. There is no hope for you cult members.

Please list and describe the artifacts that were removed and returned to their donors, and what replaced them.


Educate us. Here’s your opportunity. Don’t blow it.

Civil rights activist Rev. Amos Brown says he was recently notified two of the artifacts he loaned to the museum would be returned back to him.

He described one of the books written by Rev. George Washington Williams in 1880 as a "precious and most historic book" and the "first history of the Negro race."

The other book was a Bible he took to demonstrations with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson.

Brown said he lent the artifacts to the Smithsonian in 2016. He said the museum always gave him the option of donating the books permanently or renewing the loan, but this time he wasn't asked.

"It is downright dishonest and it is demeaning," Brown said. "I hope people of good will, of conscience and common sense will rise up and say 'we need to stop this'."

We keep trying, you don't want to be educated.

So returning two artifacts that have been on display for 9 years is “dismantling the museum”.


Got it.


I guess there’s really not much else for you to say about this.

The Museum has only been there for 9 years. They are dismantling an original exhibit.

I grew up near Greensboro and was never taught this in school. Then in my late 20s early 30s (in th early 2000s— before a it came to the Smithsonian), I worked a couple of blocks from the Woolworths and started passing it, walking to lunch. And went into the museum. And learned about it. It’s a really powerful exhibit and story. The message of non-violent civil disobedience is an important one. And this is as important for history as Rosa Parks bus seat— but less taught and told. Kids from the local “black” college (I believe they were students at GSO A&T) making a quiet, peaceful statement. The Smithsonian is losing an important part of history that often was not told x especially to Gen X and older, and especially in the South.

And it’s a message that should resonate today. When faced with things we believe to be unjust, how to we respond? These men sat quietly in their convictions. No yelling, violent, signs, picketing. They just sat calmly. (GSO’s response— less peaceful and quiet and non-violent). And they made real change. What is so offensive about this? Except that even peacefully, quietly holding your ground against Trump is no longer allowed.

DP. You seem incapable of understanding this fact: the exhibit you refer to is STILL THERE. JFC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Removing and replacing artifacts and exhibits in museums - a practice that has occurred since forever, and returning those artifacts to those who initially donated them in the first place - that’s “dismantling”?

There’s not even a discussion to be had here. You’re incapable of reason.

Ignorant and duped MAGA, this is being done by Trump’s order for reasons any intelligent and educated person fully understands. You go ahead and believe this is normal and fine. There is no hope for you cult members.

So the Smithsonian is lying? You were saying something about "ignorant and duped"?? Get a clue.

The Smithsonian said in a statement Monday that returning artifacts is standard under loan agreements. The Bible's loan agreement expires in May, a spokesperson for the institution told NBC 4.
Smithsonian leaders emphasize that the institution rotates items to ensure preservation and exhibit variety.

Any suggestion of alternative motives beyond that is false, the statement says.
Meanwhile, the Smithsonian is denying the removal of other artifacts, including the historic Greensboro sit-in lunch counter and a stool.

The counter is on display at the National Museum of American History, and the stool is the centerpiece of an exhibit at the African American history museum.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/04/28/smithsonian-african-american-museum-trump-dei

Here you go, includes link to Trump’s EO which should scare everyone. Keep believing whatever alternative facts you need to believe in order to sleep at night. You are on the wrong side of this history and will be viewed as one of the cult members who supported this administration.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/some-artifacts-removed-from-african-american-history-museum-after-executive-order/3900353/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Removing and replacing artifacts and exhibits in museums - a practice that has occurred since forever, and returning those artifacts to those who initially donated them in the first place - that’s “dismantling”?

There’s not even a discussion to be had here. You’re incapable of reason.

Ignorant and duped MAGA, this is being done by Trump’s order for reasons any intelligent and educated person fully understands. You go ahead and believe this is normal and fine. There is no hope for you cult members.

So the Smithsonian is lying? You were saying something about "ignorant and duped"?? Get a clue.

The Smithsonian said in a statement Monday that returning artifacts is standard under loan agreements. The Bible's loan agreement expires in May, a spokesperson for the institution told NBC 4.
Smithsonian leaders emphasize that the institution rotates items to ensure preservation and exhibit variety.

Any suggestion of alternative motives beyond that is false, the statement says.
Meanwhile, the Smithsonian is denying the removal of other artifacts, including the historic Greensboro sit-in lunch counter and a stool.

The counter is on display at the National Museum of American History, and the stool is the centerpiece of an exhibit at the African American history museum.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/04/28/smithsonian-african-american-museum-trump-dei

Here you go, includes link to Trump’s EO which should scare everyone. Keep believing whatever alternative facts you need to believe in order to sleep at night. You are on the wrong side of this history and will be viewed as one of the cult members who supported this administration.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/some-artifacts-removed-from-african-american-history-museum-after-executive-order/3900353/

So you're saying Axios's reporting is somehow false? You are beyond hope.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know why Italians love Columbus so much. He didn’t even claim the new world for Italy. He claimed it for Spain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why Italians love Columbus so much. He didn’t even claim the new world for Italy. He claimed it for Spain.

👏 thank you for calling that out. Someone who knows history here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here you go, includes a link to Trump’s EO: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/some-artifacts-removed-from-african-american-history-museum-after-executive-order/3900353/

Civil rights activist Rev. Amos Brown says he was recently notified two of the artifacts he loaned to the museum would be returned back to him.

“He described one of the books written by Rev. George Washington Williams in 1880 as a "precious and most historic book" and the "first history of the Negro race."

The other book was a Bible he took to demonstrations with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson.“

A book nobody has ever heard about and his personal Bible?