A review by drjoannehill
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by New York Times Company, Nikole Hannah-Jones

challenging hopeful informative sad slow-paced

5.0

I wish this book had existed when I was studying American history. It answers a lot of questions we posed and tried to address about slavery and its impact on the USA. Although there's a lot of authors across the chapters, there's a consistent message about the ongoing effects of slavery beyond the 1860s, even now; and the hypocrisy of independence, freedom, and American dream discourses that favour white Americans. I especially liked Nicole Hannah-Jones' chapters.
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