Episode 1261 • • 2:24:51 - 2:27:02
1261: Infodemic
Smithsonian Institution's Guidelines on Aspects of Whiteness
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), part of the Smithsonian, published a pamphlet detailing "Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness." The document lists traits such as the nuclear family, objective thinking, and "hard work" as specific constructs of white culture. Critics find the characterization of these universal values as exclusively "white" to be insulting and regressive.