Donald Trump is trying to whitewash our history.
His administration just announced they are conducting a “comprehensive internal review” of Smithsonian Museums like the National Museum of African American History and Culture — the Blacksonian.
Their announcement stated this review aims to “ensure alignment with the President's directive to celebrate American exceptionalism” and “remove divisive or partisan narratives.”
We know what that really means. They want to rewrite our history to reflect Trump and Republicans’ false narratives forged with white supremacist ideology.
Let me be clear. Black history is American history.
Dictators try to shutter museums, ban books, censor history, and whitewash the truth.
But we know the truth. That centuries of bondage and enslavement brutalized black bodies and tore apart Black families. That Black women have been the mothers of movements. That Black folks have endured redlining and pay disparities. And yet still we rise.
We need to take a stand and fight this kind of authoritarianism. Add your name if you’re in agreement: No amount of whitewashing or erasure will change the truth, and Trump has no right to censor our history, ignore the systemic oppression of marginalized people, and attack our intellectual freedom.
It is the impartial role of these museums to ensure a full, accurate, and resonant telling of American history.
There is no American history without the brilliance of every marginalized individual, the labor and talent of our enslaved Black ancestors, and the contributions of our Black and brown communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, indigenous people, individuals with disabilities, and others.
It is through studying our history that we learn how to overcome the systems of oppression, the whims of petulant men thirsty for power, and the will of dictators. That is why we will keep fighting back.
In solidarity,
Ayanna
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