Smithsonian Director Humiliates Herself During House Hearing

“You’ve been promoting it for quite some time.”

Then came the Mickey Mouse question.

Gill noted that one Smithsonian exhibit described Mickey Mouse as representing “vestiges of longstanding traditions of blackface minstrelsy.” Asked whether that was racist, Hartig delivered a non-answer for the ages: “It’s not for me to determine what’s problematic;continue reading …