Sean M. Decatur, head of the American Museum of Natural History, is well aware of the obstacles that could await him in his new job.
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“If you are a Black person in America, you can measure with an egg timer how long it takes for an intense disagreement to lead to the invocation of racist tropes,” he wrote. “The dynamics of race in America are fractal: They can be observed at all scales, from the paths of power in Washington to the gravel paths of bucolic Gambier, Ohio.”
Currently, the museum has three people involved in the repatriation of remains, although Decatur said part of his initiative is to focus more resources in this area. Efforts to more fully research those remains were stymied by the museum, she said, which denied her access to its catalog.
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