Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology. This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive. For example, the Smithsonian American Art Museum today features “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture,” an exhibit representing that “[s]ocieties including the United States have used race to establish and maintain systems of power, privilege, and disenfranchisement.” The exhibit further claims that “sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism” and promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, stating “Race is a human invention.”

Three months after the sex realism EO they are now doing race realism

  • Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Section 4, part a, subsection i:

    [D]etermine whether, since January 1, 2020, public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties within the Department of the Interior’s jurisdiction have been removed or changed to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology;

    This is specifically attempting to restore the effigies of slaveowners and their defenders that were taken down during and after the George Floyd protests. Hopefully most of those weren’t on federal property and those that were got properly disposed of. Its a fairly small thing in the grand scheme of things, and certainly not the worst thing in the EO. However it would be nice to have fewer monuments that push the myth of the lost cause of the confederacy.

    • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      1·
      18 days ago

      (iii) take action, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to ensure that all public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties within the Department of the Interior’s jurisdiction do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living (including persons living in colonial times), and instead focus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people or, with respect to natural features, the beauty, abundance, and grandeur of the American landscape.

      Malicious compliance: Say horrible things on plaques related to Confederate figures under the argument that as rebels and secessionists, they weren’t actually Americans.