has a section for indigenous American (north, south and central) peoples, African peoples, and Asian peoples, and none for European peoples feels… racist (and no not racist against white people), like artifacts and artworks that would be displayed in an art museum if they were from a European culture ending up in the museum of natural history, and like yes humans are a part of nature, but treating non-European peoples as a part of nature and excluding ourselves from that category feels like we’re treating everyone else as subhuman, or natural curiosities and I’m pretty sure that’s fucked up, like having exhibits on the human family would be okay if done right, but putting everybody who’s not European in the museum with the bones of extinct animals feels very objectifying… but on the other hand we love making displays all about us and treating our stuff as the only stuff worth considering .
IDK what’s appropriate, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t it.
Also I’m pretty sure a bunch of those artifacts are stolen… so… yeah.
Thoughts From The Peacock Angel 