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Speaker 1: Should be very diverse in that panel.

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Speaker 2: That's Laura of Salem. Her reaction consistent with what I'm

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Speaker 2: hearing from others as they learn that a program titled

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Speaker 2: New Perspectives on Salem's African American History with the Salem

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Speaker 2: Atheneum in PbD Essex Museum has now been canceled after

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Speaker 2: concerns over the fact that there were no black presenters

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Speaker 2: on the panel Adams from Salem.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it was rushed in the first place, or nobody said, hey,

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Speaker 1: wait a second, we need to think about at least

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Speaker 1: the optics of this before we proceed. Probably a good

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Speaker 1: idea to rethink.

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Speaker 2: It, and rethinking is what the museum is doing, canceling

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Speaker 2: several presentations in a statement saying, in part, the series

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Speaker 2: was developed independently and is unaffiliated with the Atheneum panel.

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Speaker 2: Given the concerns raised in the broader public conversation, they've

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Speaker 2: decided to pause the series at this time. From Salem's

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Speaker 2: Sherry Small, WBZ, Boston's news radio