{"id":730499,"date":"2021-09-08T13:21:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=730499"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:21:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:21:35","slug":"constitution-declaration-of-independence-now-have-trigger-warnings-on-national-archives-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/constitution-declaration-of-independence-now-have-trigger-warnings-on-national-archives-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution, Declaration Of Independence Now Have \u2018Trigger Warnings\u2019 On National Archives Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconstitution-declaration-of-independence-now-have-trigger-warnings-on-national-archives-site%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=730499&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-479152222.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Digital copies of America\u2019s founding documents \u2014 as well as other historical documents in the National Archives\u2019 online catalog \u2014 now feature \u201ctrigger warnings\u201d alerting readers that they may contain \u201charmful language,\u201d and the change appears to follow the release of a \u201clittle-noticed\u201d report from a National Archives racism task force that suggested the agency provide \u201ccontext\u201d for its historical materials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.archives.gov\/id\/1419123\">Digital copies of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence<\/a>, most notably, now feature a \u201cHarmful Language Alert,\u201d which appears at the top of the page, and directs users to a&nbsp;National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) statement on \u201cpotentially harmful content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NARA does not specify why the Constitution, Declaration, or Bill of Rights received the warning, but the NARA statement indicates that documents and historical materials are marked as having \u201charmful language\u201d when they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li readability=\"0\">\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p><em>reflect racist, sexist, ableist, misogynistic\/misogynoir, and xenophobic opinions and attitudes;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"-0.5\">\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p><em>be discriminatory towards or exclude diverse views on sexuality, gender, religion, and more;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"0.5\">\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><em>include graphic content of historical events such as violent death, medical procedures, crime, wars\/terrorist acts, natural disasters and more;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"-2\">\n<blockquote readability=\"5\">\n<p><em>demonstrate bias and exclusion in institutional collecting and digitization policies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trigger warnings are listed as just one of a number of solutions to the problem of providing historical documents to an increasingly \u201cdiverse community,\u201d the NARA notes, and are part of an \u201cinstitutional commitment\u201d to \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Catalog and web pages contain some content that may be harmful or difficult to view,\u201d NARA said in a statement released at the end of July. \u201cNARA\u2019s records span the history of the United States, and it is our charge to preserve and make available these historical records. As a result, some of the materials presented here may reflect outdated, biased, offensive, and possibly violent views and opinions. In addition, some of the materials may relate to violent or graphic events and are preserved for their historical significance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When a commentator on social media suggested that it was outrageous that America\u2019s founding documents would require a trigger warning, the National Archives was quick to respond by noting that the alert is \u201cnot connected to any specific record, but appears at the top of the page while you are using the online Catalog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the warning appears at the top of other documents, including the \u201cmiscellaneous\u201d papers of the Continental Congress, the Articles of Confederation, and an institutional <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.archives.gov\/id\/10534787\">description of the Continental Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A search of <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210318002401\/https:\/\/catalog.archives.gov\/id\/1419123\">archived images of the Declaration of Independence\u2019s digital page<\/a> shows that the warning was not present earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Although the NARA does not give a specific rationale for the change in approach to historical documents, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/national-archives-task-force-says-americas-founding-documents-show-systemic-racism-suggests-trigger-warnings-dance-performances\">Daily Wire reported earlier this summer,<\/a> a \u201clittle-noticed\u201d report from a National Archives task force on racism suggested major changes to the Archives, including changes to its landmark rotunda.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12.905811623246\">\n<p><em>In an exclusive report out Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/national-archives-rotunda-structural-racism\">Fox News noted that a \u201clittle noticed<\/a>\u201d report from a National Archives task force on racism suggested the building, where America\u2019s founding documents are displayed, was an example of \u201cstructural racism\u201d and suggested major changes to how the Constitution and other notable records are presented in order to provide \u201ccontext.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The group also reportedly suggested that the National Archive\u2019s portrayal of individual founding fathers was too positive.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The report suggested that&nbsp;documents displayed in the rotunda \u2014 the Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of Rights \u2014 be marked with \u201ctrigger warnings\u201d for individuals who might suffer \u201cphysiological and psychological symptoms\u201d as a result of coming into contact with the information.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>\u201cProviding an advisory notice to users gives us an opportunity to mitigate harm and contextualize the records..It creates a space to share with the public our ultimate goals for reparative description, demonstrate our commitment to the process, and address any barriers that we may face in achieving these goals (i.e., the size and scope of the Catalog and the ever-evolving knowledge we gain regarding what is harmful).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The task force also said that&nbsp;the National Archives should \u201cengage in activities that could provide \u2018context\u2019 to the rotunda and documents through \u2018dance or performance art in the space that invites [a] dialogue about the ways that the United States has mythologized the founding era.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital copies of America\u2019s founding documents \u2014 as well as other historical documents in the National Archives\u2019 online catalog \u2014 now feature \u201ctrigger warnings\u201d alerting readers that they may contain &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-730499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}