Hate Crimes, Racism, and Prejudice Examined in The Museum of Tolerance

The Museum of Tolerance is a museum that examines hate-crimes around the world caused by racism and prejudice. The museum focuses mainly on the history of Holocaust, out of all hate crimes in the world. However, when digging through the museum, the Museum of Tolerance appeared to be biased in a way with their portrayal of many images.

The formal title of the museum is the Museum of Tolerance. They chose this title, because they want to promote tolerance and understanding of hate crimes in our schools and communities. Instead of naming their museum, “Museum of Tolerance”, they could have chosen the title, “Remembering The Holocaust”, since the museum mainly focuses on the Holocaust.

When touring inside the museum, it was obvious that they want to reach out to everyone because of its multicultural atmosphere. The museum had their lights bright on materials that were significant. The design of the museum was a modern theme, which made the place look universal and multicultural. After exploring their gallery, it was clear that they want to let everyone think more positively before making any prejudices, which can lead to bullying, oppression, hate crimes, and etc.

The gallery had many images of international oppression, but they chose to emphasize more on the Holocaust, as main examples of hate crimes. This is probably because the museum was made by the Jewish human rights organization, Simon Wiesenthal Center. The museum portrayed how there are crimes against humanity all over the world by displaying Islamic terrorists, Tibet Massacre, the Ku Klux Klan, and violence occurring in almost every race. However, the museum does not show any hate crimes done by the Jews. Instead the museum seems to portray the Jews innocent and as victi...

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...nity and how they are caused in the first place. Their galleries and simulators really teach people about the cruel world we have today. Additionally, the museum teaches us the steps we can take to avoid hate crimes. From my visit to this museum, I have learned many aspects of our world. First is that the power of words can lead us from hatred to terrorism. Second is that nothing can be born of hate. Third is that we must confront the issue rather than ignoring it. Fourth is that hope lives when people remember. Lastly, not all museums are unbiased. It is vital that people don’t just give in and believe whatever the museum throws at them. Museums can be misleading and is important that we look at things from every possible angle in the world instead of just museum’s view. My experience at the Museum of Tolerance could have been perfect if they had unbiased views.