National Archives racism task force says building with founding documents displays 'structural racism,' slams Thomas Jefferson The National Archives Rotunda, the place where America's founding documents are prominently displayed in Washington, D.C., is yet another example of "systemic racism," according to a new report.
Amid racial unrest last summer, Archivist of the United States David S. Ferrier established a racism task force at the National Archives and Records Administration.
To little fanfare, the agency publicly released their report this month, claiming the NARA and the National Archives is dripping with "structural racism," from its employees to the very display of America's most sacred documents.
Despite housing documents like the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, the report claimed the National Archives Rotunda "lauds wealthy White men in the nation's founding while marginalizing BIPOC [Black, Indigenous and other People of Color], women, and other communities."
To fix the displays of "structural racism," the report suggested ways to "reimagine the Rotunda" to "create a more inclusive and historically accurate tribute to the nation's founding." One such suggestion is "to stage dance or performance art in the space that invites dialogue about the ways that the United States has mythologized the founding era.".........
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