The NYT staff once infamously held a town hall meeting where they openly discussed a desired shift to coverage of racism/white supremacy in America. The goals of manufacturing this narrative were stated plainly.
In August of 2019, one of our nation's top race-hustlers, @nhannahjones, releases The 1619 Project via the NYT. It is presented as an alternative "history" of America. Critical word.
Go back and read the coverage of the project at that time. "Glowing" doesn't do it justice.
In 2020, at the height of the manufactured zombie-like fervor over race in this country, the 1619 Project is awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
It doesn't get more legitimate than that. 🏆
Timely!
Why is "history" such an important word? Because the 1619 Project was then turned into curriculum textbooks to supplement (or in some cases, completely supplant) the current "history" curriculum presently in place in our public schools.
Our children's minds are the real trophy.
But, wait, there's a problem!
Real historians (those who aren't simply attempting to ramrod their preferred ideology down America's throat like NHJ) quickly identified that 1619 is not an accurate retelling of "history" at all.
It's an ideological sales pitch.
Mind you, that snipet above is from the kids' gloves-treatment world of Wikipedia re anything that could impact the left.
What was the "modifying" of one of the "passages that had provoked controversy"?
"But if it's not history, then it shouldn't have been made into school curriculum!"
💡 That is correct.
"You mean it was awarded a Pulitzer w/o these basics even being vetted?"
Of course. How else could it have obtained such an aura of legitimacy?
The real enraging part? Those 1619-based textbooks are still being used in numerous public schools across the country.
If you genuinely believe this cult-like fixation on racism/white supremacy consuming our nation is organic... bless your heart.
And I'm not talking behind your back, @nhannahjones. I'd be eager to publicly discuss these Hunger Games you and your ilk are so feverishly trying to create, Nikole.
I don't have the army behind me that you do, but I'm here for it! ⚔🇺🇸
If you're not familiar with Ms. Hannah-Jones, this is her...
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The below tweet ruffled a lot of feathers last night. It also provoked some solid discourse. I view both as good things.
I wanted to add a few comments, as I find myself repeating the same points over and over. Maybe this can lead to a second more-focused round of discussion.
First, if you received that tweet to mean I was implying the James Lindsays of the world are more in depth scholars of CRT than its studied proponents, you missed the point entirely. That tweet had nothing to do with scholars of any kind; hence, "mass scale".
I fleshed out what I meant in the immediate response below. Your typical soccer mom in Loudoun County who publically throws their support behind CRT, doesnt even have a surface-level understanding of what they're claiming to support.
On a mass scale, those opposed to CRT know a hell of a lot more about the doctrine (and, more importantly, its methods in application) than those who claim to support it.
Sounds illogical on its face, but I believe it's true. People like myself who are passionately against it spend a lot of time on it. Most parents in, say, Northern Virginia don't even know what they're supporting.
"Anti-racism"? Of course! Only a racist would be against that.
While they sure claim to be, these aren't serious people. If they are, they're consumed by a show.
It's like watching an orgy of moral righteousness...
I'm NOT against people getting the vax. I'm NOT calling it a conspiracy. I want everyone to conduct their own analysis/decision. I believe the public presentation (threat & vax) is being distorted.
If me pushing back on this upsets you, honestly, I'd rather you just unfollow me.