The 1619 Project is a long-form journalism project developed by The New York Times in 2019 with the goal of re-framing American history around the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia in 1619. The project’s creator, journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, argues that this moment represents the true founding of the United States and has had a lasting impact on American society and culture. Yeah, SO just trying to re-write history to FORM A WEDGE BETWEEN BLACK PEOPLE AND OTHER AMERICANS.
The 1619 Project includes essays, articles, and creative works by a range of authors, and has been the subject of controversy and criticism as well as praise. Some critics have questioned the historical accuracy of the project’s claims and its focus on slavery and race, while others have hailed it as an important contribution to public discussions about American history and identity.
The 1619 Project was created by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who worked with a team of writers, historians, and editors at The New York Times to develop and produce the project. Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on the project, has been a vocal advocate for reframing American history around the legacy of slavery and its ongoing impact on American society.
I appreciate the “creative works” which really means they are making fake narratives or writing a script for a movie, right?
Who is Nikole Hannah-Jones?
She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and African-American Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 1998, and a Master of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003. She has worked as a journalist for a number of publications, including ProPublica and The Oregonian, and has written extensively on issues of race, inequality, and social justice in America. In addition to her work on the 1619 Project, she has also won numerous other awards for her journalism, including a MacArthur “Genius” grant in 2017.
This person is taking the historical records and re-writing them. This is what “journalists do” in this day and age. Instead of sticking to facts, Who, What, Where, and Why, they provide their perspective on what it should be. Basically, an opinion base or creative works articles, called out as a research source.
Here is a 5-minute explanation of the 1619 project from PragerU:
THIS IS WHAT THEY PUSH:
The comprehensive 1619 Project informs and challenges us to reframe U.S. history and better understand the hold of institutional racism on our communities. NEA recently worked with the New York Times to distribute copies of the 1619 Project to educators and activists around the country to help give us a deeper understanding of systemic racism.
RIGHT, “challenges us to reframe U.S. history ” another word to re-write history for another cause. The National Education Association is on board, to make it SEEM legit too. Prager University provides great points to the political push from this “project”.