Question

Do you agree with the American Air Force Association that the exhibit plan was “politically biased?”

Is there a way to present such a controversial topic without cultural or political bias?

Answer 1

Answer 1).
I agree with the American Air Force Association in my belief that the exhibit plan was “politically biased”. I think that the gruesome images and portrayals of the historical event in Hiroshima maybe a bit too graphic for many viewers and brought up a lot of bad emotions for those veterans who fought in the war. I think that if the Smithsonian was allowed to display the exhibit the way they had first intended that it could have caused many Veterans to suffer more postwar depression and guilt because it would have served as a reminder of all the innocent lives that were taken. I also feel that the same reminder may have helped prevent future attacks of the same nature.

Answer 2).
I believe that there will always be cultural and political bias in any historical remembrance. In all the historical war documentaries that I have watched, there is always something that could affect the public in a culturally or politically biased way. You just can’t prevent that when replicating an event that already played on so many emotions.