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chia

(2,244 posts) Sun Jul 19, 2020, 11:13 AM Jul 2020

The things that ended up inside of museums because of assumptions about white superiority

Our museums are filled with objects that were taken from people who were considered not worthy of retaining them.

Great twitter thread here, too many tweets to post but here's the beginning (about half the total tweets):

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The things that ended up inside of museums because of assumptions about white superiority (Original Post) chia Jul 2020 OP

Definitely a lot of decolonizing and anti-racist work that needs to be done in museums. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 #1

Reminds me of my one of my favorite scenes from Black Panther tulipsandroses Jul 2020 #2

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,337 posts)

1. Definitely a lot of decolonizing and anti-racist work that needs to be done in museums.

Reply to chia (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 11:15 AM

Jul 2020

tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)

2. Reminds me of my one of my favorite scenes from Black Panther

Reply to chia (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 11:21 AM

Jul 2020

Kilmonger museum scene
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Side note: Black Panther is one of my favorite movies: Not as a super hero movie: For what Ryan Koogler was trying to tell us: I imagined what life would have been like if the peoples and resources had been left in tact in the various regions of Africa and allowed to flourish. Beautiful story behind the super hero story on the surface.

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