I believe when the director of America's History Museum finds it complicated to love her country and wants to problematize its founding, I believe that that's the definition of undoing the. Our shared national story. Would you agree? No, ma'. Am. Your museum has minimized or contextualized the Founders primarily through slavery and exclusion, while elevating narratives of conquest, systematic injustice and resistance. Is there any version of the American Founding you consider worthy of. Of uncomplicated celebration? Or is the entire project irredeemably tainted by your view? So, the Founding. Excuse me. (04:18–04:33)
CLAIM
Asserts that the museum focuses on negative aspects of the Founders and highlights narratives of injustice.
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