Article 6ZEW9 Trump administration’s anti-woke campaign targets Smithsonian museums

Trump administration’s anti-woke campaign targets Smithsonian museums

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Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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Exclusive: White House flags seven institutions including those for Latino, African and Asian art for review, document shows

Amid the Donald Trump administration's heavy-handed review of Smithsonian museums, the Guardian has seen a document compiled by the White House that details examples of how the widely visited cultural institutions have overly negative portrayals of US history.

The document, based on public submissions shared with the administration, points to what it says are problematic exhibits at seven different museums, including a Benjamin Franklin exhibit that links his scientific achievements to his ownership of enslaved people and a film about George Floyd's murder that it says mischaracterizes the police.

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