Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=e8lEfFUtY87 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Brandon Gill Asks Smithsonian Director: Is Mickey Mouse Racist? [PAfr83ryKSK] Health Updated on August 08, 2026 EDT — Published on August 08, 2026 EDT Brandon Gill Asks Smithsonian Director: "Is Mickey Mouse Racist?" During a congressional hearing, Rep. Brandon Gill questioned Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Dr. Anthea Hartig about a museum exhibit discussing Mickey Mouse. After Hartig said Mickey Mouse was not racist, Gill quoted language from a Smithsonian exhibit referencing "vestiges of longstanding traditions of blackface minstrelsy" and asked whether she considered that characterization to mean Mickey Mouse was racist. MN4D5k3MSR9 5vBHvrvtTzy LwE0Qt5vPJo U5hEAGqEapy twVTD3nAFca TJx1dw9ZJft
Brandon Gill Asks Smithsonian Director: "Is Mickey Mouse Racist?" During a congressional hearing, Rep. Brandon Gill questioned Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Dr. Anthea Hartig about a museum exhibit discussing Mickey Mouse. After Hartig said Mickey Mouse was not racist, Gill quoted language from a Smithsonian exhibit referencing "vestiges of longstanding traditions of blackface minstrelsy" and asked whether she considered that characterization to mean Mickey Mouse was racist. MN4D5k3MSR9 5vBHvrvtTzy LwE0Qt5vPJo U5hEAGqEapy twVTD3nAFca TJx1dw9ZJft