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| President Donald Trump has successfully pressured the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) into adopting new guidelines -- and some officials feel that they amount to ideological loyalty tests. The official letter emphasizes 'uplifting and positive narratives of our shared American experience' but also instructs 'improper ideology' be scrubbed from federal cultural institutions, according to a report by The Washington Post. Because the IMLS distributes grants to museums and libraries, they have the power to make both personnel and curatorial choices. As such, all references to 'inclusive,' 'equity,' and 'diverse' or 'diversity' have been removed from the IMLS' recent 13 grant notices, even though they were previously commonplace in competitive applications. On some occasions, it has forced people out of the funding process. |
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