The Ben Shapiro Show - July 22, 2026


Is Politeness 'White Supremacy'? Gill Makes the Smithsonian Admit It


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A bizarre display from the National Museum for African American History at the Smithsonian suggests that there are many aspects and assumptions of whiteness and white culture in the U.S. that are a white people thing. And since white people still hold most of the institutional power in America, we have all internalized some aspects of white culture, including people of color.

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00:00:00.000 Folks, remember 2020?
00:00:01.000 Crazy times.
00:00:02.000 Everybody lost their mind.
00:00:03.000 That included the Smithsonian.
00:00:04.000 Well, now Congress is inspecting what our taxpayer funded institutions are pushing. 1.00
00:00:08.000 It turns out the wokies infected the national museums. 0.99
00:00:11.000 Apparently, things like politeness and being on time and history and also working hard and also justice are white supremacist values. 0.96
00:00:19.000 I mean, who wrote this stuff?
00:00:20.000 It's kind of awkward when the DEI consultants are just as racist as the racists that they say they are fighting.
00:00:20.000 David Duke?
00:00:27.000 Fascinating moments yesterday at this hearing.
00:00:29.000 Representative Brandon Gill of Texas was questioning the Smithsonian director, a person named Anthea Hartig.
00:00:34.000 About a July 2020 Smithsonian display, which suggested that there were many aspects and assumptions of whiteness and white culture in the United States.
00:00:44.000 Things that were labeled white by the Smithsonian included, among other things, things like work ethic and timeliness and responsibility.
00:00:55.000 So apparently, David Duke wrote the outlet for this particular poster for the Smithsonian.
00:01:00.000 So Brandon Gill asked the Smithsonian director what was going on with that post.
00:01:05.000 It got a little awkward.
00:01:10.000 Is it important to be polite?
00:01:12.000 Excuse me, sir.
00:01:13.000 Is it important to be polite?
00:01:15.000 Yes, sir.
00:01:17.000 It's also interesting because the same mass action toolkit that your organization has been promoting references politeness as a defining characteristic of white supremacy culture.
00:01:29.000 Ma'am, are you a white supremacist?
00:01:32.000 No, sir.
00:01:33.000 You're not?
00:01:35.000 Can you help me square why your organization says that being polite is part of being a white supremacist?
00:01:43.000 I'm not exactly familiar with that passage of the Mass Action Toolkit, which is not, I can show you the passage from the Mass Action Toolkit here.
00:01:51.000 I don't, pardon me?
00:01:53.000 I said I just read you the passage from it.
00:01:59.000 Yeah.
00:01:59.000 You know, that's the awkward part, you know, that meme of woke guy and white supremacist, like hugging it out.
00:02:04.000 I think it's from Ryan Long, comedian.
00:02:08.000 Yeah, that's an actual thing.
00:02:10.000 So, in this hearing, the topic of this bizarre Bizarre display from the National Museum for African American History at the Smithsonian came out.
00:02:18.000 You may recall this.
00:02:19.000 We went over it in some detail when it first came out.
00:02:21.000 It was titled Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness and White Culture in the United States.
00:02:25.000 And it said, White dominant culture or whiteness refers to the ways white people and their traditions, attitudes, and ways of life have been normalized over time and are now considered standard practices in the United States.
00:02:36.000 And since white people, said the Smithsonian, still hold most of the institutional power in America, we have all internalized some aspects of white culture, including people of color.
00:02:45.000 What are some of these aspects of white culture? 0.65
00:02:47.000 Things like rugged individualism, self reliance, in which individuals are assumed to be in control of their own environment. 0.56
00:02:55.000 That's a white people thing, apparently, according to this Smithsonian display. 0.57
00:03:00.000 Family structure, the nuclear family, father mother, 2.3 children is the ideal social unit. 0.65
00:03:05.000 Husband is breadwinner and head of household. 0.60
00:03:08.000 Children should have their own rooms and be independent.
00:03:10.000 The emphasis on the scientific method, like objective and rational linear thinking. 0.85
00:03:15.000 Apparently, this is just a white people thing. 0.84
00:03:18.000 What now?
00:03:19.000 I mean, I wonder what they would have made of like Al Farabi and the fact that, you know, there was an enormous amount of thought on scientific matters in the Middle East a thousand years ago.
00:03:31.000 History, because there's a heavy focus on the British Empire and the primacy of Western and Judeo Christian tradition, as opposed to what?
00:03:42.000 There are large segments of the world that did not keep documentary records of history for long segments of time, by the way.
00:03:47.000 The Protestant work ethic is a white people thing, in which hard work is the key to success and you're supposed to work before you play. 0.61
00:03:53.000 And if you didn't meet your goals, you didn't work hard enough. 0.82
00:03:57.000 Religion. 0.92
00:03:58.000 The focus on Christianity is the norm. 0.91
00:04:01.000 I mean, I will, we should recognize at this point that the bulk of black people in America are Christian.
00:04:07.000 We should note that.
00:04:08.000 No tolerance for deviation from a single God concept.
00:04:12.000 Also, apparently, white people's things include future orientation like delayed gratification.
00:04:17.000 Time. 0.97
00:04:19.000 I guess that people who are not white don't have time. 0.87
00:04:23.000 Time is viewed as a commodity.
00:04:25.000 I mean, it is a fixed thing in your life that you have to allocate. 0.68
00:04:30.000 Aesthetics are white people because man's attractiveness is based on economic status, power, and intellect. 0.63
00:04:37.000 I'm pretty sure that's a universal thing. 0.66
00:04:39.000 I'm pretty sure.
00:04:40.000 What else would it be based on?
00:04:42.000 And you just named a lot of things.
00:04:45.000 Like, I guess only physical status or something. 0.67
00:04:50.000 Apparently, justice is a white people thing, and so is competition. 0.70
00:04:54.000 People don't compete anywhere else on earth.
00:04:55.000 Did you know that? 0.73
00:04:56.000 Competition is not a white, it's not a black people thing or a brown people thing. 0.76
00:05:00.000 It is a white people thing, apparently.
00:05:02.000 All this came into question in Congress when Representative Brandon Gill asked one of the heads of the Smithsonian about it.
00:05:09.000 Do you think that it's appropriate for the Smithsonian Institution to sell Latina power paraphernalia?
00:05:17.000 Hats, mugs, other things that say Latina power?
00:05:22.000 I believe that the merchandise our store sells.
00:05:27.000 I'm asking you if it's appropriate.
00:05:29.000 Tries to reflect the richness of the communities.
00:05:32.000 So, your testimony is that it is appropriate?
00:05:35.000 Those are your words, sir.
00:05:37.000 I'm asking you, is it appropriate to sell Latina power paraphernalia?
00:05:40.000 It's a yes or no question.
00:05:42.000 I don't have control over what is.
00:05:44.000 I'm asking you if it's appropriate.
00:05:45.000 I didn't ask you if you have control over it.
00:05:47.000 Is it appropriate?
00:05:48.000 Yes or no?
00:05:50.000 Again, we strive to represent all Americans and include.
00:05:53.000 Yes or no?
00:05:53.000 Is it appropriate?
00:05:55.000 We strive to represent all Americans in our museums, including in our merchandise.
00:06:01.000 Well, I mean, I feel like if you had a piece of merchandise at the Smithsonian that said white pride or power, that wouldn't go amazing.
00:06:10.000 I don't know, just a feeling. 0.73
00:06:13.000 Okay.
00:06:13.000 Another tape we must analyze.
00:06:15.000 Jasmine Crockett had some thoughts. 0.80
00:06:18.000 This is the congresswoman from Texas.
00:06:19.000 She had some thoughts yesterday about the World Cup.
00:06:23.000 And she was saying that people are racist if they were rooting for Argentina.
00:06:28.000 Well, some people were rooting for Argentina because.
00:06:32.000 I personally was rooting for Argentina because I know Javier Millet, who's the leader of the country. 0.99
00:06:37.000 And I think Javier Millet kicks ass. 0.98
00:06:38.000 I think he's awesome. 0.98
00:06:39.000 So I was rooting pretty hard for Argentina.
00:06:40.000 Plus, I have a bunch of friends from Argentina.
00:06:42.000 So I was rooting pretty hard for Argentina. 0.99
00:06:44.000 Also, I think that the leader of Spain is a gigantic jackass and sides with radical Islam at every available turn and hates the West and all the rest. 0.98
00:06:51.000 So, you know, there are a lot of reasons I was rooting for Argentina. 0.99
00:06:54.000 According to Jasmine Crockett, everyone who's rooting for Argentina was a racist.
00:06:58.000 So if you're rooting for Spain, you were not a racist.
00:07:04.000 I have a question.
00:07:05.000 How does she think that it came to be that people in Argentina speak Spanish?
00:07:09.000 How does she think that happens?
00:07:13.000 Was a bunch of like just natural, spontaneous Spanish speaking happening in Argentina and throughout Latin and South America?
00:07:19.000 Is that a thing that just randomly happened?
00:07:21.000 You know, people, natives just woke up in Peru one day and they're like, you know what?
00:07:26.000 I wish to speak Spanish today.
00:07:30.000 That a bunch of natives in Venezuela woke up and they were like, Yo soy Juan. 1.00
00:07:41.000 That's how that happened.
00:07:42.000 Or was it Spanish colonization, which amounted to the vast slaughter of natives across an entire hemisphere for hundreds of years?
00:07:56.000 And if you root for the country that has the native population originally, you're the racist.
00:08:04.000 That's Jasmine Crockett's take.
00:08:06.000 That's her take.
00:08:07.000 Okay, I'm going to need to hear this one.
00:08:10.000 The World Cup that captured the imaginations of the entire world when they saw all of these.
00:08:16.000 People of color that was playing for all these teams, and ultimately, if you recall, the last two teams it was Argentina and Spain.
00:08:25.000 And it seemed like the vast majority of the world was rooting for Argentina or actually against Argentina, right?
00:08:33.000 And why was that?
00:08:34.000 Just give me an explanation if you could guess.
00:08:37.000 If you'll just let them finish the answer, Spain are the best team, maybe that's why they were rooting for them.
00:08:44.000 There's also a racist history that exists.
00:08:47.000 Mr. Byer, you're recognized.
00:08:48.000 Thank you.
00:08:51.000 There was a racist component to rooting for Lionel Messi.
00:08:56.000 Hmm.
00:08:57.000 It's a weird one.
00:08:59.000 Again, so again, rooting against the colonially expansive country was racist.
00:09:10.000 Yeah.
00:09:12.000 Galaxy brain stuff happening there from Jasmine Crockett.
00:09:15.000 Honestly, it's a pity that she wasn't the nominee in Texas. 0.85
00:09:18.000 I would have enjoyed an entire campaign of making fun of Jasmine Crockett, but she's still in Congress, so we can do that for years to come.
00:09:23.000 So, you know.
00:09:23.000 This job does offer some perks.
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