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"As scholar Mae Ngai put it: 'This was a racist law, was openly racist at the time, and the Court upheld its racism under the rubric of national security.' The White House would prefer to ignore this inconvenient history." Ignore, and repeat.

lnk.thebulwark.comRacist Law From 1882 Is Not That Racist, Trump SaysBuried in the White House’s broadside against the Smithsonian is a bizarre—and revealing—claim about the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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I’m baffled why ppl discuss Trump’s view of the Smithsonian. Trump is a racist. That’s why they love him The Smithsonian is NOT part of the Exec Branch. It’s a separate entity run under a Trust Congress created abiding by Smithson’s wishes The Prez has no role in appting to the Board that runs it