An outstanding, massive project by the New York Times on the 400th anniversary of the first slaves in America
Some of the tweets below link to articles on the pathetic conservative backlash to it.
Since I know a lot of folks, not just teachers, will be interested but weren't able to get a physical copy, the Pulitzer Center has the entire issue of The 1619 Project (.pdf) for free right here, along with reading guides and all sorts of extras https://t.co/I7zd3MkFHP
— Nate ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@thel0rdbyr0n) August 19, 2019
August 1619
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 24, 2019
by Clint Smith, about the Middle Passage:
“I slide my ring finger from Senegal
to South Carolina & feel the ocean
separate a million families”https://t.co/QVnzZnbaQL
i wrote about the conservative backlash to the 1619 project, and why those conservatives should grapple with the more recent historiography of the revolution and the founding. https://t.co/sGtNUUDQ5c
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 24, 2019
This morning, The Daily presents part one of “1619”, a multi-part series from the extraordinary @nhannahjones on American slavery and its foundational role in the creation of the U.S. and how the country functions today. Please take a listen: https://t.co/DZzkTXonNx
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) August 23, 2019
If these conservatives would simply choose to identify as Americans – instead of as white – then they could feel themselves ennobled by Harriet Tubman's heroism, and unthreatened by a frank accounting of the Founding Fathers’ crimes. https://t.co/GWvDl9qLgx
— Eric Levitz (@EricLevitz) August 23, 2019
Ronald Reagan, for example, said of Roots: “Very frankly, I thought the bias of all the good people being one color and all the bad people being another was rather destructive.” https://t.co/pj3WItUVm7
— Matt Delmont (@mattdelmont) August 20, 2019
Fox News host showing that preparation and research Fox News is known for: "That slave article … I didn't read it, but my assumptions are this is part of a greater narrative to paint Donald Trump as racist" pic.twitter.com/estxteo4uA
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) August 19, 2019
More #1619project coming yr way: the special newspaper section asks why schools teach slavery so inadequately. Here's an attempt to fix that: a brief – albeit realistic – history of American slavery, on the 400 yr anniv of its start. By Mary Elliott and me https://t.co/wfwA1sdevc
— Jazmine Hughes (@jazzedloon) August 20, 2019
My latest, on the 1619 Project and the far-right fear of history https://t.co/4fCYVsb7MF
— Ishaan Tharoor (@ishaantharoor) August 20, 2019
The thing I find interesting about these white people getting all mad about the 1619 project is their implicit admission that learning about America's blood-soaked history of racism, oppression, and violence against black people would make people not like America.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) August 19, 2019
YA THINK?
Fox's Newt Gingrich melts down over NY Times Magazine's 1619 Project about impact of slavery: “The whole project is a lie”#KarenRebels – #KarenRebels – @TheHub_News – 866-801-TALK https://t.co/NE5If5R9wN
— SiriusXM Urban View (@SXMUrbanView) August 19, 2019
Sad! 