The Archives wanted to avoid “political controversy.’
The National Archives admitted that it altered a photograph of the 2017 Women’s March by blurring some signs held by protesters that were critical of President Donald Trump. The Archives also blurred some signs held by protesters that made specific references to women’s anatomy,The photo in question is a huge 49-by-69-inch photograph that greets visitors to an exhibit celebrating the 100anniversary of women’s suffrage and shows the massive crowds that filled the streets of Washington, D.C.
In one instance, a sign that reads “God Hates Trump” has the word “Trump” blurred out. The word “Trump” is also blurred out of a sign that reads “Trump & GOP — Hands Off Women.” In another instance, the word “vagina” has been blurred from a sign that reads, “If my vagina could shoot bullets, it’d be less REGULATED” while the word “pussy” has been removed from a sign that reads, “This Pussy Grabs Back.
The Archives admitted that it edited the photograph. “As a non-partisan, non-political federal agency, we blurred references to the President’s name on some posters, so as not to engage in current political controversy,” Archives spokeswoman Miriam Kleiman said in an emailed statement to the Post. And the move to remove references to women’s genitals had to do with the groups of students and young people that visit the exhibit.
Experts were furious at the decision to alter the photograph, with some saying that it’s particularly galling that the Archives thought it would be OK to change an image regarding women’s rights. “Doctoring a commemorative photograph buys right into the notion that it’s okay to silence women’s voice and actions,” Wendy Kline, a history professor at Purdue University, said. “It is literally erasing something that was accurately captured on camera. That’s an attempt to erase a powerful message.
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