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Readers interested in similar questions in Canadian museums may be interested in the most recent Critical Museology Miscellanea blog post "Can Museums Do More than 'Deplore' Police Knees on Black Necks?" (Thistle 2020) that focuses on the systematic institutional anti-black racism & that which is perpetrated against other racialized groups by Canadian museums.

The sections in this log-form fully-documented blog post are:

• Prologue
• Racist Practice Problems with Museums:
• Racist Museum Practice in Canada
• Conclusion (followed by resource sections)
• Rules for Museum Racism Remediation
• Examples of Best Practice
• Hopeful Future Projection
• References Cited

My conclusion to this piece is no joke, but the cri du coeur "enough is enough!" often repeated in recent days related to the killing of George Floyd immediately makes me repeat to myself the ancient cartoon character Popeye's repeated assertion,

                                                       Enough is enough, & enough is too much!

Now, for every museum practitioner & institution, SURELY, 'enough' is too much indeed. Quite part from necessary museum exhibition & programmatic activity-remedial ACTIONS directed at fixing institutional racism that must be driven by those impacted by our structural HR and interpersonal discriminations are now obligatory in my view.

Reference Cited:

Paul C. Thistle. 2020. "Can Museums Do More than 'Deplore' Police Knees on Black Necks?" Critical Museology Miscellanea blog posted on 16 June at https://miscellaneousmuseology.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/can-museums-do-more-than-deplore-police-knees-on-black-necks/ (accessed 17 June 2020).

Respectfully yours

Readers interested in similar questions in Canadian museums may be interested in the most recent Critical Museology Miscellanea blog post "Can Museums Do More than 'Deplore' Police Knees on Black Necks?" (Thistle 2020) that focuses on the systematic institutional anti-black racism & that which is perpetrated against other racialized groups by Canadian museums.

The sections in this log-form fully-documented blog post are:

• Prologue
• Racist Practice Problems with Museums:
• Racist Museum Practice in Canada
• Conclusion (followed by resource sections)
• Rules for Museum Racism Remediation
• Examples of Best Practice
• Hopeful Future Projection
• References Cited

My conclusion to this piece is no joke, but the cri du coeur "enough is enough!" often repeated in recent days related to the killing of George Floyd immediately makes me repeat to myself the ancient cartoon character Popeye's repeated assertion,

                                                       Enough is enough, & enough is too much!

Now, for every museum practitioner & institution, SURELY, 'enough' is too much indeed. Quite part from necessary museum exhibition & programmatic activity-remedial ACTIONS directed at fixing institutional racism that must be driven by those impacted by our structural HR and interpersonal discriminations are now obligatory in my view.

Reference Cited:

Paul C. Thistle. 2020. "Can Museums Do More than 'Deplore' Police Knees on Black Necks?" Critical Museology Miscellanea blog posted on 16 June at https://miscellaneousmuseology.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/can-museums-do-more-than-deplore-police-knees-on-black-necks/ (accessed 17 June 2020).

Respectfully yours

Readers interested in similar questions in Canadian museums may be interested in the most recent Critical Museology Miscellanea blog post "Can Museums Do More than 'Deplore' Police Knees on Black Necks?" (Thistle 2020) that focuses on the systematic institutional anti-black racism & that which is perpetrated against other racialized groups by Canadian museums.

The sections in this log-form fully-documented blog post are:

• Prologue
• Racist Practice Problems with Museums:
• Racist Museum Practice in Canada
• Conclusion (followed by resource sections)
• Rules for Museum Racism Remediation
• Examples of Best Practice
• Hopeful Future Projection
• References Cited

My conclusion to this piece is no joke, but the cri du coeur "enough is enough!" often repeated in recent days related to the killing of George Floyd immediately makes me repeat to myself the ancient cartoon character Popeye's repeated assertion,

                                                       Enough is enough, & enough is too much!

Now, for every museum practitioner & institution, SURELY, 'enough' is too much indeed. Quite part from necessary museum exhibition & programmatic activity-remedial ACTIONS directed at fixing institutional racism that must be driven by those impacted by our structural HR and interpersonal discriminations are now obligatory in my view.

Reference Cited:

Paul C. Thistle. 2020. "Can Museums Do More than 'Deplore' Police Knees on Black Necks?" Critical Museology Miscellanea blog posted on 16 June at https://miscellaneousmuseology.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/can-museums-do-more-than-deplore-police-knees-on-black-necks/ (accessed 17 June 2020).

Respectfully yours