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From the Ted Talk by Ariana Curtis: Museums should honor the everyday, not just the extraordinary

Unscramble the Blue Letters


In this now notorious museum scene from the "Black Panther" movie, a whtie curator erroneously explains an artifact to Michael B. Jordan's character seen here, an artifact from his own culture. This fictional snece csaued real debates in our museum communities about who is shaping the narratives and the bias that those narratives hold. Museums are actually rated one of the most trustworthy sources of ioamtfniron in the United States, and with hundreds of millions of visitors from all over the world, we should tell accurate histories, but we don't. There is a movement from within museums themselves to help combat this bias. The simple acknowledgment that museums are not nruteal. Museums are dcadtiic. Through the display of art and artifacts, we can incite creativity and foster inclusion, but we are guilty of hactirsoil misrepresentation. Our male-centered histories have left our herstories hidden. And there are hard truths about being a woman, especially a woman of color in this industry, that prevents us from centering inclusive examples of women's lives. Museum leadership: predominantly white and male, despite women cispnomrig some 60 percent of muusem staffs. Pipelines to leeiahsdrp for wmeon are bleak — baeslekt for women of color. And the psncreee of women does not in and of itself guarantee an increase in women's public representation.

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In this now notorious museum scene from the "Black Panther" movie, a _____ curator erroneously explains an artifact to Michael B. Jordan's character seen here, an artifact from his own culture. This fictional _____ ______ real debates in our museum communities about who is shaping the narratives and the bias that those narratives hold. Museums are actually rated one of the most trustworthy sources of ___________ in the United States, and with hundreds of millions of visitors from all over the world, we should tell accurate histories, but we don't. There is a movement from within museums themselves to help combat this bias. The simple acknowledgment that museums are not _______. Museums are ________. Through the display of art and artifacts, we can incite creativity and foster inclusion, but we are guilty of __________ misrepresentation. Our male-centered histories have left our herstories hidden. And there are hard truths about being a woman, especially a woman of color in this industry, that prevents us from centering inclusive examples of women's lives. Museum leadership: predominantly white and male, despite women __________ some 60 percent of ______ staffs. Pipelines to __________ for _____ are bleak — ________ for women of color. And the ________ of women does not in and of itself guarantee an increase in women's public representation.

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  5. leadership
  6. scene
  7. historical
  8. comprising
  9. caused
  10. museum
  11. presence
  12. white
  13. women

Original Text


In this now notorious museum scene from the "Black Panther" movie, a white curator erroneously explains an artifact to Michael B. Jordan's character seen here, an artifact from his own culture. This fictional scene caused real debates in our museum communities about who is shaping the narratives and the bias that those narratives hold. Museums are actually rated one of the most trustworthy sources of information in the United States, and with hundreds of millions of visitors from all over the world, we should tell accurate histories, but we don't. There is a movement from within museums themselves to help combat this bias. The simple acknowledgment that museums are not neutral. Museums are didactic. Through the display of art and artifacts, we can incite creativity and foster inclusion, but we are guilty of historical misrepresentation. Our male-centered histories have left our herstories hidden. And there are hard truths about being a woman, especially a woman of color in this industry, that prevents us from centering inclusive examples of women's lives. Museum leadership: predominantly white and male, despite women comprising some 60 percent of museum staffs. Pipelines to leadership for women are bleak — bleakest for women of color. And the presence of women does not in and of itself guarantee an increase in women's public representation.

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