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This is Solvable.

This is Solvable. I'm Ronald Young Jr.

The first introduction to a museum for me was the Brooklyn Museum.

The Brooklyn Museum, like many well-known museums across the United States, is a sight to behold.

A modern glass shell pulls light towards the front entrance, drawing visitors inside.

Enter any of the galleries and ornate objects seem to glow with every color,

sparking curiosity and exploration.

Being in a museum can feel like stepping into a totally new world.

But...

The museum is not separate from the world that we live in.

Race matters.

If museums are the keepers of cultural stories,

whose stories and how those stories are told matter.

But the decision makers?

Well, in 2018, 46% of all the boards in American museums

were 100% white.

And curatorial departments were over 80% white.

So how do we get those chairs filled by more representative crowd?

We decided to bring these conversations within the museum themselves, conversations around what

Egypt looked like and having black people around.

We had conversations around anti-blackness

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