Thread by @JerylBier

"The #1619Project does not argue that 1619 is our true founding."

"The 1619 Project is a major initiative observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding..."

Here's the link:
static.nytimes.com/email-content/…

Again, here: "...understanding 1619 as our true founding..."
nytimes.com/2019/08/16/us/…

Here @conor64 has far more on this than I:

Also, the school curriculum that the @pulitzercenter developed w/ the @nytimes for the 1619 project states: "The 1619 Project... challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation's foundational date."

Here's the link:
pulitzercenter.org/builder/lesson…

1619 Project author Jones says she's not saying 1619 *is* the USA's founding date, but "invite[s] the reader/listener to contemplate what it would *mean* to consider 1619 and the beginning of American slavery as our founding." Curious distinction.

update: