The Ohio History Center invites guests to explore a new exhibit
that examines perceptions of race stereotypes from a historical
perspective. In Controversy 2: Pieces We Don’t Talk About,
visitors are encouraged to reflect on how stereotypes influence
personal identity. The exhibit opens on Wednesday, Feb. 29. The
display follows on the heels of Controversy: Pieces You Don’t
Normally See, which drew impressive crowds to the Ohio History
Center. Five objects will be on display from the Ohio Historical
Society’s permanent collection: a Nazi flag, a poem written in
‘dialect,’ a child’s toy bowling set with ethnic caricature
bowling pins, a dozen Currier & Ives “Darktown” prints and a
1947 Cleveland Indians jacket. “Controversy 2: Pieces We Don’t
Talk About, will stimulate conversation, thought and debate,
much the same way the first exhibit, Controversy: Pieces You
Don’t Normally See, did,” said Jane M. Mason, Director of
Marketing and Communications for the Ohio Historical Society. “A
limited amount of informati