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The National Park Service has A page on his website revised via the underground Railroad to put Harriet Tubman less in the foreground. And instead to highlight the “cooperation between black and white”.
The Washington Post reported first About the changes. And pointed out that the government has replaced a large portrait of Tubman and a quote at the top of the site. In it, Tubman described himself as a “eight years head of the Underground Railroad”. Instead of Tubman’s portrait, there is now a collage of five postal marks. They show black and white abolitionists, including Tubman, the escaped slaves to the north.
“The Underground Railroad – the resistance to the enslavement by escape and flight until the end of the civil war – refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to get their freedom from the bondage,” it said on the side.
No slavery
In the first lines of the page the slavery no longer mentioned. But the underground Railroad describes as “one of the most important forms of expression of the American civil rights movement”. It is also said that the network “bridged racial segregation”.
Loud The Post Since Trump’s return to the office of websites, the government owned “the descriptions of some of the most shameful moments of the past of the nation”. Including the deletion or processing of information on slavery and racial segregation in the Jim-Crow era.
High -ranking political employees of the Interior Ministry, who manages the parking service, have given instructions according to anonymous sources that have spoken to the newspaper. You should identify websites with which the government could possibly have problems.
The “Post” found further changes to dozens of pages, including:
- A page that describes “Benjamin Franklin’s life and his relationship to slavery” was removed. Since March 1st Is now displayed on the page that contained teaching plans for teachers. “Work is currently being done on this side. Please try again later.”
- Removal of a reference to the signatories of the declaration of independence, Thomas Stone. Stone had enslaved people. A reference to the website to “enslaved African Americans” in nearby areas was also changed to “enslaved workers”.
- Deletion of a section A website of the minute MAN National Historical Park, which was about black soldiers who fought in the War of Independence were not recognized for their achievements. Among other things, this section said: “Systemic racism and historical bias have many records of black and indigenous peoples who played, wiped out or buried an outstanding role when the United States was founded.”
- Distance from mentions of the struggle for “equality” on a website about the Niagara movement founded by the African-American civil rights activist Web du Bois.
- Further changes to Park Service websites to remove mentions of slavery.
In an explanation towards The Post Said a spokesman for the Park Service: “The National Park Service was cared for with the preservation of local history, the appreciation of the local heritage, the protection of special places and parts of stories about American experiences. We take this role seriously. And can refer to many examples of how we tell differentiated and difficult stories about American history.”
Revisionist cleaning
This revisionist cleaning seems part of the anti-Dei-to be the government’s goals. In the case of earlier revisions of the Department of Defense website an article was removed that praised Jackie Robinson’s military service. As well as several other sides that presented women and minority groups. When it was confronted, the government stated that the pages were removed using artificial intelligence.
In one From Trump last month The removal of the “anti -American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution was challenged. Including the removal of exhibitions in the National Museum of African American History and in the Women’s History Museum.
He explained that the Smithsonian Institution will be prohibited to organize exhibitions or programs that “reduce common American values, split Americans because of their breed. Or promote programs or ideologies that are not compatible with federal law and federal politics”.