Ah Oh! Black Twitter Reacts to Finding Out That a White Woman Curates the Hip Hop Exhibit at the National Museum Of African American History and Culture #NMAAHC

Ah Oh! Black Twitter Reacts to Finding Out That a White Woman Curates the Hip Hop Exhibit at the National Museum Of African American History and Culture

Black twitter is up in arms today after finding out that Timothy Anne, a white woman, was the curator of the Hip-Hop exhibit at the National Museum Of African American History and Culture.

DJ Chubb E Swagg tweeted:

THERE IS A WHITE WOMAN CURATING THE HIP HOP PART OF THE NMAAHC SMITHSONIAN?!?!?!?!?!?!? WHO LET THIS SHIT HAPPEN!?!?!

THERE IS A WHITE WOMAN CURATING THE HIP HOP PART OF THE NMAAHC SMITHSONIAN?!?!?!?!?!?!? WHO LET THIS SHIT HAPPEN!?!?!

— #1 Howard Dj All Time. (@DjChubbESwagg) September 20, 2018

Soon after, everyone was wondering how exactly did this happen.

One twitter user wrote:

“A White woman has no business curating anything Hip Hop at the NMAAHC museum and it’s irresponsible to do so given the course of African American History in America 

Would they let an African American curate the survivor diaries in a Holocaust exhibit? 

Hip hop is our diary.”

A White woman has no business curating anything Hip Hop at the NMAAHC museum and it’s irresponsible to do so given the course of African American History in America

Would they let an African American curate the survivor diaries in a Holocaust exhibit?

Hip hop is our diary

— TOP 5 RAP WEBSITE (@TOP5RAPWEBSITE) September 21, 2018

While a lot of celebrities like Chuck D and Symone Sanders have come forward to show support for Timothy, everyone else wants to know why wasn’t a person of color chosen to curate the exhibit.

Are people reaching or should a black person have been the one to curate the exhibit?

Take a look at some of the twitter reactions below.

He didnt say Timothy Anne wasn't qualified. He asked if there was an equally qualified Black person to do the job.

Whew this convo got some of yall looking HELLA funny in the light.

— Yori (@AnAmazingFeat) September 21, 2018

https://twitter.com/_viciwill/status/1043162689323892736?s=21

I don’t know the white woman curating the hip hop section in the NMAAHC, but I hear she is knowledgeable, respected, and an ally.

But question is, wouldn’t a true ally feel it’s not their place to take a role such as that?

As a straight male, I wouldn’t curate an LGBTQ exhibit.

— Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) September 21, 2018

Blue check black twitter formed up like voltron to protect a white woman curator for the NMAAHC lol I guess man.

— Brian D. (@freshxdesign) September 21, 2018

The museum and art space is SUPERRRRRRRR white. So I don’t care if the entire NMAAHC staff was black from top to bottom, it would NEVER equalize the disproportionate imbalance we see in the art and museum world. Ever.

— Anna Wintour’s Racist Antebellum Bob🏳️‍🌈 (@JanvierNoir) September 21, 2018

It is weird to see chuck d and 9th wonder caping for a white lady to be the head of hip hop at the NMAAHC lol. Of all niggas in hip hop the white lady the best qualified lol

— 🤦🏽‍♂️ (@EsskraLoaded) September 21, 2018

Am I really watching people who are invested in racial justice saying hiring a white curator of hip-hop at the NMAAHC is okay because she’s qualified? That can’t be happening, right?!?!!

— Evette Dionne (@freeblackgirl) September 21, 2018

I wish more Black American people were comfortable in saying that Black Americans should be in control of our cultural spaces. There is no reason questioning why a white woman was chosen for the hip hop exhibit at NMAAHC should have drawn this much ire

— Damn your intentions (@Moneitria) September 21, 2018