The Nations Biggest Collection Of Racist Objects Are All In A Michigan College Basement

“History repeats itself. I see things like almost every day, all day, on social media,” one visitor said. WATCH NEXT: Charlottesville: Race and Terror - https://youtu.be/P54sP0Nlngg

walks into Museum of racism "Wow, this is really racist."

That picture of black babies titled alligator bait is brutal.... smh

Imagine forcibly bringing people you don't like to your home, then hurt, enslave and insult them for what they are

What an incredible man for taking such horrific things, and turning them into a teaching tool to help people remember and never forget the atrocities committed. In a weird way. It makes you more hopeful for the future in a world where these do not exist. I never would’ve thought he could turn some things so negative into such a powerful message.

No one is born racist, it can only be taught.

If it makes you uncomfortable, then the museum has succeeded.

I'm so happy that such a museum exists. Destroying controversial items is not the way even if I fully understand that they come with great sufference and embarrassment. They do belong to a museum, where they can be presented under a critical point of view to teach the new generations where we came from, and why this is all wrong. Or the memory will just fade away and in a bunch of decades we'll be there again (not that we won't anyway... but this is at least a good attempt to prevent it)

I've been collecting racist memorabilia for years, but my collection is not even half as large as this one. I used to buy racist souvenirs, mammy cookie jars, sambo statuettes and racist joke books. I wish I could've started collecting these objects earlier in life, but I was just a kid and my parents didn't want things like that in the house.

Two places where racism should be placed: museum and trash

Exactly where racism belongs: in a museum.

we went to a black history museum in michigan for a field trip in elementary school, and it truly left a longlasting impression on the past

I'm glad this horrorshow exists. I would probably cry. The contemporary objects are noteworthy. It really shows how little progress we have made despite the widespread belief in the contrary.

I feel bad for innocent toddlers taught by parents who were racist to be like them. Then they grew up and taught their kids the smae

If museums like this make people uncomfortable, then, the place did its job. We need to see things like this in order to learn from the mistakes in history, don't repeat them, and become better people.

This is amazing. He turned these pieces into something good in a way to learn about the past mistakes and how evil it really was. I would love to visit someday im sure it’ll make me feel upset but happy that we don’t live in those times.

I'm glad this collection was preserved and put on public display. Not because I support or relate to the Jim Crow way of thinking by any means, but rather because I believe this was an important era in our history that shouldn't be swept under the rug and forgotten about. The pieces on display there represent the effects racism has on it's targeted groups. It's a great visual way to show us the damage we can cause if we allow ourselves to stoop to those lows. It's also the perfect reminder that just a few generations ago it was who we were. All of it is degrading to the black race, and no matter how insulting it was to them...there was a time when the majority of white people actually thought it was ok to view blacks in this manner. We are all humans, and no race has ever been created to be any better than the next. We should always treat each other with respect and as equals...because that's reality and that's how it is. As we view the history of the Jim Crow era, it's the perfect time to take a long, hard look at ourselves to determine if we are in fact guilty of being racists ourselves. The ignorance of our ancestors is not a burden that's been passed down from generation to generation, but we should still take the time to understand the facts of those times so we know how important it would be to stand together against it if history would ever try to repeat itself.

one thing I’ll never ever understand is how u hate someone because of their skin 😐

Notice how carefully crafted and painted these items are. Like they really took the time to create hateful racist demeaning objects.

People that are saying; “that’s racist! It needs to be destroyed!” Completely and utterly miss the point.