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This opinion is extremely naive and ignorant. White people controlled history through imperialism and colonialism for centuries, and the histories were all written by white people. Of course all the other museums feature white people only, because in the western world white people were the dominant, oppressive class. It is important to preserve these stories and histories that would have otherwise been lost in a white narrative

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While I agree that these stories and histories are worth preserving, I would rather they were integrated into current historical accounts and current museums, creating more complete picture, rather than the racial segregationist approach this museum represents.

Fair, but there is a lot of institutional racism in the art world and academia, so progress on these counts is extremely slow moving. Also, some would argue that as a result of how history is written, that it is important to have black owned institutions with black curation because the narratives and histories between black and white Americans is so vast that it is important that black people get to control their narrative and history to prevent cultural erasure. A post racial world is ideal, but simply not possible

My concern with this approach is that it seems it will only keep old resentments alive, as opposed to celebrating their culture. If every nation, race, and culture in the world held on to every atrocity committed against them, the planet would be covered in perpetual war...

There's definitely a lot of institutional racism in academia. Outright favoritism for people of color for no other reason than their skin color. In Admissions programs, hiring practices, scholarships as well as many instances during normal campus life. Campuses go out of their way to not be racist to the point where they are racist. Absolutely ridiculous. And it really hurts the self-esteem of people to be given special treatment b/c of their color.

I think that's just kind of impractical. There are slavery and civil rights exhibits in American history museums, but the full topic is just too expansive for a couple exhibits. It's the same concept of having a Thomas Jefferson museum, or a suffragette movement museum, or any individual topic.

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