Important piece from @saigrundy.bsky.social on the attacks on the Smithsonian, particularly the National Museum of African American History & Culture, & the histories they show in efforts to erase the horrors of settler colonialism & slavery, & promote the ‘lost cause’ narrative of white supremacy.
Trump’s attacks on the ‘Blacksonian’ have a history in a century-old myth
The United Daughters of the Confederacy set out to make slavery respectable again by promoting ‘the lost cause’
theguardian.com
