Yet this order calls out Smithsonian exhibits like “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture” for stating that societies (including the U.S.) have used race to uphold power, privilege, and disenfranchisement.
It criticizes the exhibit for saying “Race is a social construct.”
Even though… race is a human invention.
It’s not a biological reality—it’s a social construct built to justify inequality. But in medicine, we still treat it like biology. That’s how you get things like different diagnostic algorithms based on race.
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