The New York Times Correction To The 1619 Project Proves It Is Not Fit For Schools
The New York Times has finally admitted a key error in the 1619 Project. It disqualifies it from use in our schools.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/13/correction-to-the-1619-project-proves-it-is-not-fit-for-schools/
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Nikole Hannah-Jones Endorses Riots And Toppling Statues As A Product Of The 1619 Project
JUNE 20, 2020 By Allison Schuster
Nikole Hannah-Jones, staff writer at The New York Times and lead essayist in The New York Times Magazines 1619 Project, just endorsed the nationwide destruction of statues as a product of her historically inaccurate work.
The 1619 Project debuted in 2019 on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of African-Americans in the United States as slaves, as an ongoing look into the history of U.S. slavery.
Although the project has been taught in schools and applauded by elites, even winning Hannah-Jones a Pulitzer Prize this May despite having to issue major corrections, the projects influence truly revealed itself in the recent removal of historical symbols in nearly every major city across the U.S.
Claremonts Charles Kesler wrote a column in The New York Post Friday, titled Call them the 1619 riots, blaming the indignation and utter lack of regard for the nations greatest men on the misinformation stemming from The 1619 Project.
Hannah-Jones responded to the article on twitter saying she would be honored to claim responsibility for the defamation of American heroes and Founding Fathers such as George Washington.
It would be an honor. Thank you. https://t.co/W4HXKY8kCm
Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 20, 2020
America is burning, Kesler writes. Rioters set fire to police stations and restaurants. Looters have ravaged shops from coast to coast. And now theyre coming for the statues not just of Confederate generals, but the republics Founders, including George Washington, whose statue was torn down in Portland, Ore. Call them the 1619 riots.
The essence of Hannah-Jones project, as argued by her editor, Jake Silverstein, is that the emergence of slavery in this country isnt merely a stain on an otherwise honorable U.S. founding, but rather that slavery is the entirety of the founding. Slavery came before the American Revolution and therefore preceded any ideas of liberty and equality.
In other words, 1619 is not as important as 1776; it is far more important and more revealing, Kesler wrote. American slavery is the deeper truth of American freedom. It doesnt get more systemic than racism being in the very DNA of this country, as Hannah-Jones claims.
Prominent American historians fiercely denounced the project after its initial release for its glaring inaccuracies. Even impeccable liberals voiced their objections, Kesler wrote, including Sean Wilentz, Gordon Wood and James McPherson. Five historians even wrote a letter to The New York Times outlining its errors.
Seventh months after its publication, the Times printed a correction for what they admitted was a significant mistake in one of Hannah-Jones essays. After being taught in schools for over half a year, the essay was then clarified to show that maintaining slavery wasnt every colonists motivation to forge the American Revolution, but merely that of some.
The projects scope, however, had already reached young Americans. As evidenced by the mayhem of recent weeks, so many Americans were taught an altered form of history, one riddled with mistruths that discounted the value of the Founders work.
Keslers article accusing The 1619 Project of inciting this type of defamation with its wrong portrayal of American history divulges truth to those who already saw the projects inherent dishonesty. Hannah-Jones proud ownership of the accusation, however, is far more telling of her own motivation for the project.
Allison Schuster is an intern at The Federalist and is also a rising senior at Hillsdale College working toward a degree in politics and journalism. Follow her on Twitter @AllisonShoeStor.