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Svetlana, Sergio y Martin o el periodismo de orfebrería
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Did Israel drag Trump and the US to war with Iran?
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Changing the Smithsonian doesn’t erase slavery and the racial wealth gap – The Washington Post
Changing the Smithsonian doesn’t erase slavery and the racial wealth gap
There isn’t enough museum space to represent the full extent of the brutality that millions had to endure.
August 22, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. EDT, Yesterday at 6:00 a.m. EDT, 5 min
Column by Michelle Singletary
The legacy of slavery — and the decades of theft associated with it both before and after it ended — cannot be erased from American history.
Nor should it be minimized.
One might assume this didn’t need to be said. But comments made by President Donald Trump suggest otherwise.
Trump this week accused the Smithsonian Institution of being “WOKE” and too focused on slavery, using his platform to diminish itsimpact and criticize exhibits, including those at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.
“The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future.”
I am a descendant of enslaved people, and there isn’t enough museum space to represent the full extent of the brutalitythat millions had to endure.
In a 10-part award-winning series that I wrote five years ago, I aimed to dispel common misconceptions about race and inequality.
Sincerely, Michelle
Yes, Black Americans are entitled to reparations. We’ve earned them.
In one part, I recounted how my grandmother, Big Mama, told me about her enslaved great-grandmother, Leah Drumwright.
While caring for her own infant, Leah was forced to nurse the baby of the White woman who owned her. The woman made another demand, one that still fills me with grief and anger.
Leah was told she could nurse her own baby only on her right breast. Theleft was strictly reserved for the White baby. The woman’s rationale: The left breast, being closer to the heart, produced healthier milk, and therefore, the best milk had to be given to the White child.
One evening, exhausted from cleaning and cooking for the plantation owners, Leah was caught in the kitchen feeding her child on her left breast.
Fueled by rage, the White mother struck Leah across the face. A beating followed the slap.
I want to revisit part of the “Sincerely, Michelle” series because understanding our history with slavery is crucial to addressing economic disparities that still exist for Black Americans.
The institution that stripped Leah of basic human rights also seeded the discriminatory policies that systematically denied Blacks opportunity.
After the Civil War, many newlyfreed people purchased land, only to see it stolen. Prosperous Black towns were looted and burned. Blacks were denied the right to vote and were prohibited from living in certain neighborhoods.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Changing the Smithsonian doesn’t erase slavery and the racial wealth gap. – The Washington Post
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Opinion | American history can be painful. The Smithsonian should embrace it. – The Washington Post
Opinion Letters to the EditorGood foreign policy depends on good information
Readers also discuss a new way to address Confederate memorials, socialism in New York City and the Smithsonian.
Today at 4:58 p.m. EDT, 8 min The Smithsonian Castle (Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post)Regarding the Aug. 13 news article “Rubio recasts beliefs with cuts to human rights reports”:
I oversaw the production of the State Department’s annual human rights reports from 2009 to 2012. For almost 50 years, thousands of career diplomats have participated in the compilation of these reports, which have become the most comprehensive and reliable public assessment of human rights conditions in almost 200 countries.
Mandated by Congress in the 1970s to inform decision-making about foreign aid and trade policies, the reports have become an indispensable resource. Global leaders use them to assess risks where they conduct business. Immigration judges in the United States and elsewhere rely on them when evaluating asylum claims. Civil society activists turn to them for credible information when they operate in places where publishing criticism of government actions leads to official reprisals. Journalists and representatives of humanitarian organizations use them to orient themselves as they begin working in complex environments.
All of these benefits are now being jeopardized by the Trump administration’s decision to slash the comprehensive nature of these reports and to dramatically politicize their content. Good foreign policy depends on good information. That begins with thorough, independent accounting of the state of human rights everywhere.
Weakening this foundation risks blinding us to them. Once the credibility of our reporting is lost, it will be extraordinarily difficult to rebuild.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Opinion | American history can be painful. The Smithsonian should embrace it. – The Washington Post
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