Smithsonian Institution to close diversity office after Trump exec. order

[get these nets]

Last time (and first time) I went to DC we couldn't go to the African American History museum because they were having a mechanical issue and had to be closed all day. Now I'm wondering if we need to hurry up and see it because the new administration seems capable of anything...

Smithsonian Institution Will Close its Diversity Offices​

January 28, 2025

Smithsonian Museum logo is seen in Washington D.C.


Just days after the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. said it would cancel its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the Smithsonian Institution, a consortium that includes 21 national museums, announced its diversity office will also close. According to the New York Times, the Smithsonian will also freeze hiring for all federal positions and employees will have to return to in-person work full-time.

This move follows an executive order signed earlier this month by President Donald J. Trump, which labels the Biden administration’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as “illegal and immoral discrimination programs.” The Smithsonian, which includes the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum and is heavily funded by the federal government, is now taking steps to align itself with the new policies, following similar changes at other federally supported cultural institutions, such as the National Gallery of Art. (The federal hiring freeze and return-to-office policy are part of separate executive orders by Trump.)

While the Smithsonian’s diversity office will close, the organization will maintain its focus on visitor accessibility, which it deems essential. Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III emphasized in an internal email reviewed by the Washington Post that the closure of the diversity office is only the “first step” in adjusting to the new federal directives. The Smithsonian’s hybrid status, with both private and federal employees, complicated its response, but the institution is moving quickly to comply with the White House’s orders.

Prior to the hiring freeze, the Smithsonian had around 40 job openings that it was advertising across its various museums, including positions at the National Air and Space Museum and the National Zoological Park. Since the pandemic, numerous federal employees had telework arrangements that allowed them to work remotely for a specified number of workdays

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Also Tariq Nasheed: Project 2025 ain’t that bad y’all

• Destruction of resources that will affect low income Black families the most
• Laws that will oppress Black ppl across the board
• Erasure of Slavery in the educational curriculum
• Women’s Abortion rights being destroyed left and right
• LGBT rights being destroyed left and right
• No regulation of public health and environment
• Mandatory 10 commandments at school
• Genocide to expand US Imperialism

All in the name of “protecting the nuclear Black family”
“The Black Conservative’s Dream for Black America

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“White Christian US Conservatism in BlackFace the way

”

Project 2025 is gonna put America back in the Dark Ages and the Black Diaspora on a global level will suffer the most,
as US Imperialism affects us all.

Former white enslavers would be PROUD of nikkas doing all the continued legwork to protect White Supremacy for their white descendants in modern times.

Keep thinking playin around in politics is a game SMH

 

[ReasonableMatic]

This fake ass outrage

“nikkas” can’t even agree that all Black lives across the board are worthy.

All white ppl gotta do is point at Black immigrants and Black LGBT ppl having human rights and nikkas let their bigotry run wild and lose focus on White Supremacy being the core issue behind most systemic problems.

KoonYe: Slavery was a choice!!
He makes good beats, so..

KoonYe: I am a Nazi!!
He makes good sneakers, so..

Boosie: African Americans are the worst “race” in the world!!

He Christian, gets Black ppl killed and hates LGBT. He solid, he a street nikka.

R Kelly: **pisses on an underage girl on cam**
He makes good songs.

Koondace Owens: George Floyd wasn’t killed!!
Let’s get her on the BreakfastClub,
we need diversity in political thought.

Math Hoffa: Kanye was right, slavery was a choice!!
He has good interviews, I’m tuned in.

Trump: **Says the most blatant racist white supremacist dog whistles. Removes essential resources that took decades to acquire. Puts white supremacists at the highest positions of power**
I like my racism out in the open.
He’s entertaining, I fux with Trump #BothSides.


Y’all LOVE to pretend like these examples of Black ppl behaving like children politically ain’t big ass elephants in the room for the world to see.

Our ppl NEED to get TALKED to like children when it comes to politics.

Be in denial if you want, but white ppl see it daily and act accordingly to oppress us.

Project 2025 is right around the corner if we don’t get it together.
Be in denial if you want.

 

[Ironman]

Reverse Flash did this

 

[Elim Garak]

bothsides

 

[King_Kamala61]

Welp...no more black artists being acquired....

 

[mc_brew]

more tangibles..... we really should have voted for trump in 2020, we just didn't know how good he'd be to us.....

 

[RickyDiBiase]

The Pissy Draws Posse will be in here to deflect as usual, then again they probably think Smithsonian is some nerdy anime shyt knowing them illiterate fukk nikkas