Erasing Us Is the Point: Trump’s Assault on Black History at the Smithsonian
Donald Trump is trying to erase us. Again.
According to Black Press USA, Trump’s administration is pressuring the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to remove or rewrite exhibits related to slavery. At the same time, the National Park Service has quietly edited its Underground Railroad pages, downplaying Harriet Tubman and slavery itself, replacing our legacy of resistance with a sugarcoated story of “Black/White cooperation.”
This is not about “unity.” This is about erasure. This is about whitewashing. This is about silencing the truth that makes America uncomfortable.
Slavery is not some optional side note in U.S. history. It’s not a “divisive ideology.” It’s the foundation. America was built on stolen land and enslaved labor. Our ancestors built the wealth, the roads, the cities, the Capitol. They endured unspeakable pain—and through that, they created culture, resistance, and joy. That pain and resilience is American history.
But Trump doesn’t want that story told. Because our truth threatens his version of America: one that is mythologized, sanitized, and white-led. A nation where Blackness exists only in the margins or not at all. Where oppression is “too political” and white fragility takes priority over Black memory.
What’s even more chilling? Kevin Young, the director of NMAAHC, is now on unexplained “personal leave.” This, right as Trump ramps up pressure on the museum. The timing speaks volumes.
This isn’t just about one museum. This is a broader effort to rewrite our history, muzzle our voices, and deny the next generation the truth about who we are—and who we’ve always been.
But here’s the truth they can’t erase:
Black people have made America great in spite of it all. We are its heartbeat. Its rhythm. Its architects of justice and joy.
So no, Mr. Trump. You don’t get to erase our chains, our triumphs, or our legacy. We are watching. We are resisting. And we are not going anywhere.
The MAGA crew just feels so warm and fuzzy when they can savor the myths about our past. But it was and is what it was and is and we live today with the consequences of the past and present whether some folks want to acknowledge that or want to stick their heads in …whatever hole pleases them.
Since >70% of the US is DEI, let’s strike.
Only DEI humans - we take 1 week off. All of us. Imagine the entire country with only cis-white-hetero-males to run everything & be the only customers for a whole week. The rest of us stay home & watch it on TV. This also means no women doing any housework for non-DEI family members. Sit with that movie in your head for a few minutes. The United States with only cis-white-hetero-males at the grocery store, at the office, in the factories, at the restaurants, in the NFL, in the schools. All the DEI people are gone.
This is the post-apocalyptic movie Hollywood needs to make right now. Show them what their lives would be like without all us lifting them up.