Archivally Correct | The Weekly Standard
The exhibits readily acknowledge that the Founders and other powerful white
men talked a good game. But the curators are here to make us wake up and
smell the coffee, with the goal of “perfecting democracy,” as the press
release said. The juxtaposition of artifacts makes the point clear. The
curators take care that any glimmer of American idealism—say, the deed to
the Statue of Liberty, included in the immigrant exhibit—is quickly snuffed
out with a companion artifact: in this case, the Chinese Exclusion Act of
1882. The original 19th Amendment is shown, recognizing women’s right to
vote. A grand achievement, yes? Look right next to it: the Equal Rights
Amendment, “introduced in Congress as a way to end discrimination against
women.” America rejected it. *Pfffft*.

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