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submitted 20 hours ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

The National Park Service removed Harriet Tubman’s image and quote from its “Underground Railroad” webpage, along with references to slavery and the Fugitive Slave Act.

The revision now emphasizes “American ideals of liberty” and downplays historical realities.

Historians and scholars condemned the move as a distortion of history and erasure of Tubman’s legacy.

The change aligns with broader Trump administration efforts to eliminate DEI content across federal sites, which critics say suppresses discussions of race, identity, and historical truth.

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[-] plantmoretrees@lemm.ee 11 points 7 hours ago

Jesus fucking Christ

[-] vinyl@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

The articles title is clickbait, they didn't remove the references, they rewrote them.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

They rewrote them in a way to de-emphasize her involvement and contribution and to over emphasize the involvement and contribution of white people. And slavery has also been de-emphasized as well.

It's an attempt to subtly erase black history. This is another white nationalist agenda item Trump's administration is crossing of their to-do list.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Holy fucking shit! This is it! I've had it! WTF!!!!!!!

When is the next protest?!

Holy flying fucking Jesus!

[-] Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

There was a really big one on Saturday.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I know, when is the next one? One is not enough. Apparently these guys need us to watch everything they do. Like two year olds but evil and nazi.

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

The same people that organized Saturday's protests put together this Lemmy community: https://50501.chat/

It looks like April 19th is the next one.

[-] Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Dunno man. Shits gettin wild and isnt stopping anytime soon.

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

They're just following orders. Like a good nazi

[-] nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coins-and-medals/commemorative-coins/harriet-tubman

these are valid currency. spend them.

edit: it doesn't look like they're shipping yet. but i can't wait to let a few jingle around my pocket!

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 27 points 15 hours ago

"Yeah, about your pamphlet...I'm not seeing anything about German history between 1939 and 1945."

"Everyone was on vacation."

"What are you talking about, Germany invaded Poland in 1939."

"We were invited! Punch was served. Check with Poland!"

"You can't just ignore those years! Thomas Mann fled to America because of Nazism's stranglehold on Germany!"

"Nope...He left to manage a Dairy Queen!"

"A Dairy Queen? That's preposterous!"

"I will hear NO MORE insinuations about the German people. NOTHING BAD HAPPENED!"

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 79 points 18 hours ago

This, and all the other sites they've taken down, are meant to be freely accessible to everyone. This is what your taxes actually pay for. The government runs a massive research operation, and library, for everyone. This is a book burning.

[-] Krackalot@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 17 hours ago

They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em.

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Then let's find ~~someone~~ something else to burn

[-] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 16 hours ago

While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 27 points 15 hours ago

Oh, ok, so now Civilization VII is more historically accurate than the National Park Service. That's... ugh

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 147 points 20 hours ago

what the fuck are they going to ultimately say the underground railroad was? What will they say it was helping who escape? THIS WHOLE THING IS STUPID!

[-] papertowels@mander.xyz 22 points 18 hours ago

These are the same folks that say the civil war was fought for "states rights".

They have no problem with ignoring details.

[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 20 hours ago

It was a fun place people could pretend to be trains! Choo chooo!!

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 23 points 20 hours ago
[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 48 points 20 hours ago

Hey man, get with the times, that name makes Hesgeth angy

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 17 points 19 hours ago

Enola still sounds a bit woman-y. Maybe replace it with something manly like Donald.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 16 hours ago

The Enola Gay becomes the Elon Straight!

Or, to be the correct amount of condescending and dehumanizing, the “Elon Normal.”

[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 9 points 19 hours ago
[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 7 hours ago
[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 1 points 7 hours ago

You know damn well what you did, guy.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 10 points 18 hours ago

No way would they put up anything that suggested someone could be trains.

[-] Mister_Feeny@fedia.io 14 points 20 hours ago

To be replaced by "Harold Whiteman", a dapper man of Nordic ancestry, who helped white slaves escape from white slavery with the help of the friendly neighborhood watch organization, the KKK!

[-] kinsnik@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago

what are you talking about, the underground railroad has always been the 4/5 subway line in NYC that connects the Trump Building in Wall Street with the Trump Tower in 5th Ave, right?

[-] newnton@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago

As if that fuck would ever take the train

[-] mapmyhike@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago

In other news, Harriet Tubman has been collecting social security for 200 years and her remains have been deported back to her own country of El Salvador.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 63 points 19 hours ago

"Eliminate DEI content" actually means "government-sponsored open bigotry".

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 24 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, this isn’t DEI, and the media needs to call that out.

[-] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 7 points 17 hours ago

If by "this," you mean the reference towards Tubman, then you're wrong. Talking about the accomplishments of anyone who isn't a straight white Christian man IS promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion! DEI is a good thing! Opposing it is explicitly racist!

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 37 points 18 hours ago

The white washing is just pathetic. MAGAts a such snowflakes.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 17 hours ago

This is about flexing their power. They are showing that they won and they are going to force their values down everyone else's throat.

Don't belittle them by calling them pathetic. Call it what it is.

This is fascism.

[-] match@pawb.social 2 points 7 hours ago

the fascists want to be acary and hate being called pathetic because it means we're not scared of them. the fascists are pathetic

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 15 points 16 hours ago

Fascism is pathetic. It's extremely dangerous and causes massive suffering, but it's also pathetic.

[-] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 3 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, well what’s the end game here …that white USAians never did anything bad, or that African Americans never did anything?

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

Something like that.

[-] fsr1967@lemmy.world 53 points 20 hours ago

New quote:

"Immigrants mysteriously disappeared from their jobs in the South and reappeared in the North. No women were involved in this process."

[-] Darkard@lemmy.world 24 points 19 hours ago

All of the workers in the south worked really hard for their boss and earned a promotion and moved into luxury in the north. All of these people were hardworking Americans and none of them were black

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

And provide some hope? Nah, if they are erasing history then they will just say "No slave ever successfully escaped. They were required by law to be returned if found and the North didn't follow the law. The North, those law breakers, were trying to pick a fight for decades. The Noble South was attacked and lost their righteous cause due to brotherly betrayal."

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 13 points 16 hours ago

Wow, I'm so glad I live in this stupid fucking country. 🤦‍♂️

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 13 points 18 hours ago

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!

[-] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 7 points 18 hours ago

Nothing to see here, just a country speed running towards fascism.

[-] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 9 points 19 hours ago

They’re reading 1984 and applying the wrong part of it.

[-] notsure@fedia.io 5 points 20 hours ago

I BEG YOUR PARDON...

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