The National Museum of African American History and Culture removed a graphic that attempted to describe “aspects and assumptions about white culture” from its website Thursday after criticism from conservatives that it was racist.
The graphic, found in the “Whiteness” section of the Smithsonian museum’s “Talking About Race” portal, described 14 categories of “white dominant culture, or whiteness,” including history, religion, family structure and justice. Hard work, self-reliance, respect of authority and “the nuclear family — father, mother, 2.3 children is the ideal social unit” were listed as attributes of white culture. The chart also included the phrases “win at all costs,” “woman’s beauty based on blonde, thin — ‘Barbie’ ” and “heavy value on ownership of goods, space and property.”
