I just learned that @masterclass has a new lesson on "American Capitalism" by Nikole Hannah Jones.
Say what you will about her own 1619 Project essay, but this is a subject that she is wholly unqualified to even teach.
masterclass.com/classes/black-…
Say what you will about her own 1619 Project essay, but this is a subject that she is wholly unqualified to even teach.
masterclass.com/classes/black-…
@MasterClass The lesson itself appears to be a rehashing of Matthew Desmond's error-riddled essay from the 1619 Project. Desmond himself was not an expert in that subject when she recruited him to write. The problems are apparent in his essay.
aier.org/article/the-ca…
aier.org/article/the-ca…
@MasterClass Hannah-Jones is even less-equipped to teach this subject than Desmond.
In August 2019 I pointed out some elementary errors stemming from Desmond's reliance on the debunked work of historian Ed Baptist. @nhannahjones was not even aware that Baptist's work had problems.
In August 2019 I pointed out some elementary errors stemming from Desmond's reliance on the debunked work of historian Ed Baptist. @nhannahjones was not even aware that Baptist's work had problems.
@MasterClass @nhannahjones Far from a scholarly investigation of slavery's economics, the Desmond/NHJ take on "American Capitalism" is little more than a far-left ideological harangue. It neither defines capitalism nor articulates its relation to slavery - instead it only pushes anti-capitalist politics.
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