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 The reading’s focus is on controlling and owning information and how the use of archives is equivalent to possessing power but what is really interesting is the power dynamics that are created within the bigger power dynamic which is then created when whites present their ownership of archives and information especially pertaining to ethnic and racial “minorities” in a way that effortlessly reinforces the power dynamic when it comes to the relationship between whites and those who are socially perceived as others. So what is the social perception discussion wise of the ethnic relations and race relations when this sort of power dynamic is at the center of display and what else is being reinforced psychologically when there is an institutional parading of exploitation like in museums where interpretation is effortlessly so flaunted by someone with a title? The idea that a certain group can have their history rewritten and hidden all over again and again exposes another issue around vulnerability, but the lack of moral training within professionalism of their archival pursuits. Psychologically, what is this power dynamic reinforcing to younger generations now? What has it already done to those who were encouraged to support this normalized behavior as a rational educational and or an informational thing? What would a conversation about solutions look like when it comes to discussion on how this irrational behavior is so deeply rooted into the culture? Maybe all of this creates a different opportunity to study control and ownership of information as the subject, the idea of a museum of modern exploitation, commodification, and commercialization as a way to start reversing the normalization of this issue by creating a space for those to use their voice to discuss and aim to solve the problems around these particular issues that pertain to archives and ownership.