From: Eagle River Historical Society <eagleriverhistoricalsociety@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 12:22:49 -0600 Subject: Re: Racist Language Message-Id: <DDE2AD2A-4204-42FF-94DC-1EAE2ACAAAC4@gmail.com>
We had the same issue with a history of a black Civil War veteran whose hist
ory we showcase.
We decided to add the disclaimer since the reference was historically accura
te and we do not want to get into the habit of sanitizing history to accommo
date current feelings.
Or as one of our members calls it, ‘the Stalin method’.
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> On Mar 3, 2019, at 2:40 PM, William Schuette <wschuette1@frontier.com> wro
te:
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> We are putting articles on our Web site which were written 100 years plus a
go, some of which include language which today, is considered raciest. Do w
e eliminate the raciest language or do we include a disclaimer which indica
tes that these descriptions were indicative of the time in which they were w
ritten? What do other historical societies do?
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> Bill
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> Sauk County Historical Society
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