[Ed.: Potential exhibits may receive comments from any of the following groups: the Smithsonian African American Association, the Accessibility Network, the American Indian Council, the Asian Pacific American Heritage Committee, the Gender Issues Action Group, the Women's Council, and the Smithsonian Institution Lesbian and Gay Issues Committee.]
An Inclusive Litany
12/16/92
Smithsonian Institution
Associate Director Robert Sullivan has a mission: to make the Museum
of Natural History politically correct. Soon to go, for example, is a
popular exhibit of Captain John Smith trading with the Powhatan
Indians on the banks of the James River. Why? The Powhatan women are
barebreasted, and that's sexist. Another popular exhibit that will get
the axe is the leaping Indian tiger. Why? Many men like to have their
photos taken with the tiger. That irks Sullivan because it makes the
tiger seem like a hunting trophy.