Commentary: On Whitewashing History

Photo: James Madison’s Montpelier. The South Yard Dwellings – Overseer’s House, Slave Houses, Smokehouse, etc. Photo credit: Ryan Ritter via Flickr. Public Domain. Commentary article by Christopher Chavis. The Daily Yonder – August 27, 2025.

The concept of “erasing history” has been a popular talking point over the last several years. It was first weaponized by Republicans to attack attempts by activists to remove Confederate monuments. Now, in a spectacular bit of irony, the same people who said that removing statues was tantamount to pretending that something did not happen are now trying to reshape our museums to pretend that certain things did not happen. However, eliminating information about people and events that paint the United States in a bad light does not eliminate their effects. […]

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