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A short thread of threads from the last few days, on the #1619Project, the ongoing reaction, and how we think about American history. . .
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From @jmadelman, a smart contextual corrective to the latest critique of the #1619Project, about how early newspapers actually worked. https://earlyamericanists.com/2020/01/23/the-1619-project-and-the-work-of-the-historian/">https://earlyamericanists.com/2020/01/2...
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"Racism is a product as well as a cause of our politics, starting with the American Revolution, and we should stop blaming those who wish to explain its persistence." https://bostonreview.net/race-politics/david-waldstreicher-hidden-stakes-1619-controversy">https://bostonreview.net/race-poli...
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“We stand behind the basic point, which is that among the various motivations that drove the patriots toward independence was a concern that the British would seek or were already seeking to disrupt the entrenched system of American slavery.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/magazine/an-update-to-the-1619-project.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/1...
