‘A first step to fascism’: critics denounce Trump administration replacing slavery exhibit at George Washington’s ​home

What happened

According to The Guardian’s linked report, ‘A first step to fascism’: critics denounce Trump administration replacing slavery exhibit at George Washington’s ​home, Replacement of panels with version that’s sympathetic to enslavers comes amid effort by Trump to dismantle diversity initiatives Critics say the Trump administration acted under the “cover of darkness” to replace an exhibit exploring the lives of nine enslaved people who lived at George Washington’s ​Philadelphia home with a version that is overly sympathetic to enslavers and that whitewashes the country’s origins. The installation of new information panels followed a six-month fight between the city of Philadelphia and the Trump administration over an enslavement memorial at the former home of Washington and John Adams. Continue reading…

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