Someone left a noose at the African American Museum of the Smithsonian

[manicholic 3,694]

A visitor to the National Museum of African American History and Culture found a noose on the floor of an exhibit today, BuzzFeed reports. According to the Smithsonian, U.S. Park Police removed the noose from the Washington, D.C. museum, and the “Era of Segregation 1786-1968” exhibit was closed for three hours. 

The release from the NMAAHC/Smithsonian points out that the noose has increasingly been a symbol of choice for America’s newly emboldened racists:

“The Smithsonian family stands together in condemning this act of hatred and intolerance, especially repugnant in a museum that affirms and celebrates the American values of inclusion and diversity,” wrote the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution David Skorton in an Institution-wide email. “We will not be intimated. Cowardly acts like these will not, for one moment, prevent us from the vital work we do.”

These ominous reminders of America’s dark history with lynching have appeared around the country, from a school in Missouri to a series of four nooses hung around a construction site in Maryland. Other nooses have been found on the Duke University campus, the Port of Oakland in California, a fraternity house at the University of Maryland, a middle schoolin Maryland, and at a high school in Lakewood, California.

All of them seem to be part of a larger wave of violence, intimidation and hate crimes. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, more than 1,300 hate incidents were reported between the 2016 election and February 2017. Of those 1,300, anti-immigrant incidents have been the most prevalent, followed by anti-black.

The NMAAHC opened in September. Today’s noose incident comes five days after another noose was hung outside another Smithsonian museum, which a spokesman called unprecedented at the time.

That the museum is important and should exist is obvious, despite conservative writers taking vaguely unpleasant field trips there. But incidents like today’s only underscore how vital it is to have institutions dedicated to chronicling America’s ongoing history of racism.

[darkchylde 14,857]

fcking pigs.

hate speech should be way more persecuted worldwide. im tired of seeing racists & co walk freely as if they were people.

[Saint Hollywood 37,364]

Just when I thought people were bad enough, something else makes it worse. 

[Irrelevant 20,293]

What is a noose? 

 

But this is really horrible  sometimes this world is just...

[littlepotter 76,610]

This is fucking insane

[littlepotter 76,610]

Just now, Irrelevant said:

What is a noose? 

 

But this is really horrible  sometimes this world is just...

What you hang yourself with

[Irrelevant 20,293]

2 minutes ago, littlepotter said:

What you hang yourself with

oh 

[calmar 22,766]

Gosh I was there for the science march about a month or so ago (at least I think it was, I've lost track of time.) That's simply vile. How did they even bring one inside in the first place? I know that most museums at least make you stop and have your bag searched if you have one, unless it was a thin, short one that could fit in a large coat pocket. 

[Eighteen 5,430]

natural selection needs to work more vigorously against these people. 

[Morphine Prince 109,647]

America is going back to its roots. Disgusting. 

[Lion Heart 15,041]

I may be dragged for this, but it wouldn't surprise me if some BLM/ far left person put it there intentionally to cause uproar. I've seen similar stories like these where "racist" messages and symbols were often left in place by liberals themselves. 

Exhibit A: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/2/michael-kee-beloit-college-student-admitted-to-fak/

[Werk 13,166]

Can someone please explain it to me in a more simple way I'm so confused  

[Awrah999 4,433]

This is absolutely disgusting. 

[n0ne 13,105]

22 minutes ago, Werk said:

Can someone please explain it to me in a more simple way I'm so confused  

A noose is a rope hung up and tied in a loop. It's used to hang people.

It was a common method slave owners and racists/KKK would use kill to slaves and black people.

So placing one in the national African American museum is despicable.

[Judas Oyster 1,939]

30 minutes ago, Werk said:

Can someone please explain it to me in a more simple way I'm so confused  

Same. I thought someone left a nose inside a museum located in Africa about American art.