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The Smithsonian's first Black secretary has stepped down, the regents confirm they did not ask him to leave, and the White House issued the word "respect." Which is the most honest word in the sentence?

"Respect" — a single word that does a lot of quiet work, which is, in the specific, the whole of the statement 44%
"Did not ask" — the regents' confirmation, which is, in the specific, the part that was left in the sentence 33%
"Transition" — a word that, when applied to a resignation, is, in the specific, doing the heavy lifting 23%

Poll results reflect the views of 9,742 voters, a number we chose because it is close to the number of briefcases that were, in the specific, not on the step of the Smithsonian on Tuesday, and because a significant portion of the respondents had, in the specific, already read the word "respect" three times.

"We did not ask him to leave. That is the part of the sentence that was left in. A resignation is a thing you *submit*, and you submit it, and then you confirm, in writing, that you did not ask for it, and then you issue the word 'respect,' and then you wait for the next secretary, and then you find out that the next secretary has not yet been named, and then you have to explain why the museum is, in fact, still a museum. That is not a setback. That is a *transition.* A transition is a thing you *describe*, and you describe it, and then you delete the post, and then you say it was a 'personal decision,' and then the regents say we did not ask, and then the word 'respect' does, again, the quiet work. That is not a loss. That is a *second draft, with the word 'respect' in it.'"

— A senior museum administrator, whose official title is, per the administrator, "long enough that it does not fit on the business card, so we put it on the back, where no one looks, and also where the briefcase is"