US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized top museums for their "woke" focus on subjects including "how bad Slavery was," his latest attack on the cultural institutions in a country that fought a civil war over the issue.The country's South fought to maintain slavery in the 1861-1865 Civil War, but lost.
  • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    16 days ago

    “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 — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future,”

    “Why are these museums about historical subjects so stuck in the past rather than focusing on the future?”