First the Kennedy Center, Now the Smithsonian
How long can the museum system’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, survive?
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Lonnie Bunch built the National Museum of African American History and Culture essentially from scratch and now the same people who wanted Confederate statues left alone are very concerned about "balance" in museum curation. The pattern is not subtle.
The Smithsonian is 19 museums. They are going to have a LONG list of grievances about what is and isn't in display cases. This is not about accuracy. This is about who controls the story of what America was, because that shapes what people think America should be.
Palantir is literally named after Sauron's surveillance orb and these same people think the Smithsonian is the radicalism problem.