With the Trump administration in charge of hosting the 250th anniversary of US history amidst massive ICE raids, recently intensified in areas like Minneapolis, and attempts to control what is said not only in museums but in school curricula, American Community Media organized a briefing. The event focused on explaining the government’s efforts to control who stars in US history in order to fit it into their narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attack on national memory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ann Burroughs, president of the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium, begins by reminding us that control over how history is told impacts the sense of belonging for future generations. With that in mind, the Trump administration has deployed efforts to “homogenize culture and eliminate diversity, framing the past through a single ideological lens,” Burroughs notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president warns that this is why the government has instrumentalized museum funding: “at the end of the day, it is a conflict about power.” Burroughs asserts that museums operate within the First Amendment and that their ultimate goal is to “keep the stories that are uncomfortable, those uncomfortable truths.” That is why she states they cannot remain neutral in the face of the current political situation, which has escalated to the murders of Alex Prety and Renee Good. “Because it is about preserving memory, it is about who defines the past.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reasons behind Trump’s attempt to rewrite history<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ray Suarez, host of the new PBS series Wisdom Keepers<\/em> and author of books on the modern era of American immigration, points out that “the national government is using its foundational power” to decide who defines history and who is excluded from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suarez explains that the construction of this false narrative, which uses white guilt as an excuse, aims to centralize history and make it appear as if it were built by only one type of people. Ultimately, this translates into terms used in the media such as “legacy Americans,” a concept Suarez categorizes as abstract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For her part, Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, reminds us that building these narratives that erase non-white people from American history is nothing new. She points to the more than two thousand memorials across the country dedicated to Confederate generals, many of which were not built during or immediately after the Civil War, but were placed up to 80 years later. This happened in an era when the narrative of white supremacy was at the forefront, fighting against the civil rights movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite this outlook, Huang reminds us that this type of historical rewriting can be combated by the community. She recalls the case of the “Mothers of Gynecology,” led by African American activist Michelle Browder, who achieved the construction of a memorial dedicated to three enslaved women who were surgically operated on against their will by J. Marion Sims. These three women, Betsy, Anarka, and Lucy, were erased from history despite their contribution to science, while Marion Sims still had memorials in his name. Thanks to Browder, the mothers of gynecology managed to obtain recognition for their sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, Anneshia Hardy, cultural narrative strategist, scholar-practitioner, and social impact entrepreneur, reminds us that the real question behind Trump’s directive responds to imposing certain voices that are allowed to mold history and defining who is treated as inconvenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hardy warns that school curricula are being sanitized in the name of neutrality and camouflaged as “common sense.” “When communities are pushed out of the Nation’s official memory, it becomes easier to cast them aside and remove them from the political imaginary,” says Hardy. This directly translates into affecting protection policies for communities like the Latino community, forgetting their contribution to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Con la administraci\u00f3n Trump encargada de recibir el 250\u00b0 aniversario de la historia de los Estados Unidos en medio de masivas redadas de ICE, intensificadas recientemente en zonas como Minneapolis, e intentos de controlar lo que se dice no solo desde los museos, sino desde la malla curricular, la American Community Media organiz\u00f3 un briefing. El encuentro se centr\u00f3 en explicar los esfuerzos del gobierno por controlar qui\u00e9nes protagonizaron la historia de Estados Unidos con el fin de acomodarla a su narrativa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ataque contra la memoria nacional<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ann Burroughs, presidenta del Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium, inicia recordando que el control sobre c\u00f3mo es contada la historia repercute en el sentimiento de pertenencia de las futuras generaciones. Con eso en mente, la administraci\u00f3n Trump ha desplegado sus esfuerzos en \u201chomogeneizar la cultura y eliminar la diversidad, encuadrando el pasado a trav\u00e9s de unos lentes ideol\u00f3gicos \u00fanicos\u201d, se\u00f1ala Burroughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La presidenta advierte que es por eso que el gobierno ha instrumentalizado los fondos de los museos: \u201cal final del d\u00eda es un conflicto sobre poder\u201d. Burroughs asegura que el funcionamiento de los museos opera dentro de la Primera Enmienda y que su objetivo final es \u201cmantener las historias que son inc\u00f3modas, esas verdades inc\u00f3modas\u201d. Es por ello que afirma que no pueden ser neutrales ante la actual situaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica, que ha escalado hasta los asesinatos de Alex Prety y Renee Good. \u201cPorque se trata de preservar la memoria, es sobre qui\u00e9n define el pasado\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las razones detr\u00e1s del intento de Trump de reescribir la historia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ray Suarez, presentador de la nueva serie de PBS Wisdom Keepers<\/em> y autor de libros sobre la era moderna de la inmigraci\u00f3n estadounidense, se\u00f1ala que \u201cel gobierno nacional est\u00e1 usando su poder fundacional\u201d para decidir qui\u00e9n define la historia y qui\u00e9nes son excluidos de esta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suarez explica que la construcci\u00f3n de esta falsa narrativa, que utiliza como excusa el sentimiento de culpa de las personas blancas, tiene como fin centralizar la historia y aparentar que esta fue construida por solo un tipo de personas. Finalmente, esto se traduce en t\u00e9rminos usados en los medios como \u201clegacy Americans\u201d, un concepto que Suarez cataloga de abstracto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Por su parte, Margaret Huang, presidenta y directora ejecutiva del Southern Poverty Law Center, nos recuerda que la construcci\u00f3n de estas narrativas que eliminan a las personas no blancas de la historia de Estados Unidos no es nueva. Ella recuerda los m\u00e1s de dos mil memoriales alrededor del pa\u00eds dedicados a generales de la Confederaci\u00f3n, muchos de los cuales no fueron construidos durante o inmediatamente despu\u00e9s de la Guerra Civil, sino que fueron ubicados hasta 80 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s. Esto ocurri\u00f3 en una \u00e9poca donde la narrativa de la superioridad blanca estaba a la vanguardia, luchando en contra del movimiento de derechos civiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A pesar de este panorama, Huang nos recuerda que este tipo de reescritura hist\u00f3rica puede ser combatida por la comunidad. Ella recuerda el caso de las \u201cMadres de la Ginecolog\u00eda\u201d, protagonizado por la activista afroamericana Michelle Browder, quien logr\u00f3 la construcci\u00f3n de un memorial dedicado a tres mujeres esclavizadas que fueron intervenidas quir\u00fargicamente en contra de su voluntad por J. Marion Sims. Estas tres mujeres, Betsy, Anarka y Lucy, eran borradas de la historia a pesar de su contribuci\u00f3n a la ciencia, mientras que Marion Sims a\u00fan manten\u00eda memoriales a su nombre. Gracias a Browder, las madres de la ginecolog\u00eda lograron obtener el reconocimiento por su sacrificio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finalmente, Anneshia Hardy, estratega de narrativa cultural, acad\u00e9mica y emprendedora de impacto social, recuerda que la verdadera pregunta detr\u00e1s de la directiva de Trump responde a imponer ciertas voces que tienen permitido moldear la historia y definir a qui\u00e9n se trata como inconveniente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hardy advierte que los planes de estudio de las escuelas est\u00e1n siendo \u201caseptizados\u201d en nombre de la neutralidad y camuflados como \u201csentido com\u00fan\u201d. \u201cCuando las comunidades son empujadas fuera de la memoria oficial de la Naci\u00f3n, se vuelve m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil dejarlas de lado y sacarlas del imaginario pol\u00edtico\u201d, dice Hardy. Esto se traduce directamente en afectar las pol\u00edticas de protecci\u00f3n de comunidades como la latina, olvidando su contribuci\u00f3n a Estados Unidos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the Trump administration in charge of hosting the 250th anniversary of US history amidst massive ICE raids, recently intensified in areas like Minneapolis, and attempts to control what is said not only in museums but in school curricula, American Community Media organized a briefing. 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