My how things have changed, thanks to Barry. When I did my graduate work in US History in the early 00s, we studied historiography with the aim to identify historical perspectives and biases, with emphasis on discerning strong from weak theory. 1619 clearly ignores all that.
I also took a rather interesting class on immigration and ethnicity that included readings on “whiteness” — i.e., how different migrant groups became “white.” That was pre-Obama, so we could study it disinterestedly, although there was a glaring absence on the question of ethnic blacks becoming white, something that urban black culture was deeply concerned about at the time, aka “oreos.”
It’s amazing how quickly and radically a political and intellectual climate can change. I blame it all on Obama. Regardless, I can’t imagine anyone studying “whiteness” now, whereas but 15 years ago it was a logical thing to consider when studying ethnicity.
Obama was a hack, he was just an avatar for the Left. Now they are left with Biden and brute force. As to valid ideas, they have NONE.
Read another piece today you might find interesting, if annoying. It’s about the Tenement Museum in NYC.
Here’s a link: https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/tenement-museum-is-building-big-fat-lie-evicting-real-life-stories-for-a-flat-out-woke-fantasy/