#1619

Robby Soave

robbysoave

I don't man to belabor this, but Nikole Hannah-Jones has said the right invented the idea that 1619 project is about replacing 1776 as true date of founding. Here is

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

The @nytimes still has an opportunity to reclaim its status as a reputable journalistic outlet. The process begins by disclaiming the Pulitzer Prize they received for the fraudulent 1619 Project.

Melody

melodyxvii

Since the 1619 project is trending again, I encourage others to research for themselves and look into the history. The NYT has abandoned their claims after historians and the WSWS

Monnie Lisa 💚

BlackBernieBabe

Capitalism & racism are identical twins. The origins of racism cannot be separated from the origins of capitalism. We need to get rid of them BOTH. #RIPCAPITALISM The trans Atlantic

Dean Haddix

doctor_eon

I knew history education in this country — the South in particular — was bad, but this... I don’t have words for some of this, or at least none that

Peter Savodnik

petersavodnik

One imagines Sulzberger calling @NicholasGuyatt in the middle of the night to ask him to write something good about the 1619 Project. "You gotta help me out here." Including a

b-boy bouiebaisse

jbouie

I’ll note, again, the effort to conflate the entire magazine issue with its lead essay — and really, a single sentence in that essay — a transparent attempt to discredit

Bill Grueskin

BGrueskin

When the NYT eliminated its public editor, it said "our followers on social media and readers have come together to serve as a watchdog, more vigilant than one person could

Wilfred Reilly

wil_da_beast630

The 1619 project may be the first example of a country telling kids a "noble lie" about history that is WORSE - not better - than the reality. The USA

(((Jay Edidin)))

NotLasers

A lot of directories of antiracist texts and tools have mentioned the 1619 Project, and I'm gonna add my voice to that, with some additional context for folks who missed

African American Policy Forum

AAPolicyForum

In a 2016 paper, Amy Coney Barrett described the Fourteenth Amendment as "possibly illegitimate." The Fourteenth Amendment requires due process and equal protection, and has served as the basis for

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

The framing of the #1619Project remains the same today as when we published in Aug. 2019: We acknowledged 1776 as this nation's official founding but asked readers to imagine what

Drew McKevitt

drewmckevitt

I want to invite @RayGarofalo, the author of the Louisiana bill that would ban teaching about racism in K-12 and college classrooms, to take my U.S. history survey course at

Amanda

AmandaLuvsRoses

I have been inspired to do a thread on the 1619 Project. Here is more from NHJ: Then I would like to point out that it has been discredited.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/ I'll

Grant Addison

jgrantaddison

A good rundown of the factual inaccuracies of the 1619 project, some of which were intentionally included despite warnings from fact-checkers before publicationhttps://americanmind.org/essays/america-wasnt-founded-on-white-supremacy/ NHJ al

Berny Belvedere

bernybelvedere

In his recent article for @Commentary called "The Narrative Business," @NoahCRothman argues that the category referred to in the title, the category of “narrative,” is an inappropriate one for journalism.https://www.commentarymagazine.com/n