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MICHAELS: "Can we address some of those things that are in there? Because — have you looked at some of the things that are being reviewed?"
ROGINSKY: "Yes. Slavery was a bad thing and we need to talk about it. Excuse me for saying that."
MICHAELS: "He‘s not whitewashing slavery. So — "
ROGINSKY: "He‘s not?"
MICHAELS: "He‘s not. No, he‘s not. And you cannot tie imperialism and racism and slavery to just one race, which is pretty much what every single exhibit does. But let‘s talk about the fact that when you look — "
ROGINSKY: "You can't tie slavery — you can't tie slavery to — "
TORRES: "Slavery in America was — "
MICHAELS: "Do you know it's only less than 2% of white Americans owned slaves?"
TORRES: "But it was a system of white supremacy."
MICHAELS: "Do you realize that slavery is thousands of years old?"
TORRES: "White people — "
MICHAELS: "Do you know who was the first race to try to end slavery?"
TORRES: "I didn't realize that was controversial."
MICHAELS: "Well, what‘s controversial is — "
PHILLIP: "I‘m very surprised — "
TORRES: "This is an extraordinary exercise in historical revisionism."