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A review by kalkn
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
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The inaccuracies in this are evidence of why historians, not journalists, are best for writing a history book. This novel makes for a sad viewing of an alternate existence of America that never did and still doesn't exist. Links below countering themes found in the book. It's interesting that The NY Times (publisher of the book) has so many links debunking their own book.
It's sad to see a book so filled with ideology, instead of accuracy, is appearing in so many schools as mandatory reading.
Links debunking book below:
Historians (black and left-leaning) call out book for being inaccurate - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/magazine/we-respond-to-the-historians-who-critiqued-the-1619-project.html
Refusal to correct historical inaccuracies - https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/pulitzer-board-must-revoke-nikole-hannah-jones-prize
Debunking points made by author - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/opinion/nyt-1619-project-criticisms.html
Slavery still existed in British Empire 50 years after American Revolution - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/slavery-abolition-act-1833
Economy of the south held back by slavery -
https://www.historycentral.com/CivilWar/AMERICA/Economics.html
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Lies-About-America-Destructive/dp/0307394077
https://www.amazon.com/Race-Culture-World-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0465067972
360,000+ soldiers from the north died to free 4,000,000+ slaves -
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/costs-major-us-wars.html
US is overcoming racism -
Vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409
Rates of Africans immigrating to the US are rising - https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/02/14/african-immigrant-population-in-u-s-steadily-climbs/
It's sad to see a book so filled with ideology, instead of accuracy, is appearing in so many schools as mandatory reading.
Links debunking book below:
Historians (black and left-leaning) call out book for being inaccurate - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/magazine/we-respond-to-the-historians-who-critiqued-the-1619-project.html
Refusal to correct historical inaccuracies - https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/pulitzer-board-must-revoke-nikole-hannah-jones-prize
Debunking points made by author - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/opinion/nyt-1619-project-criticisms.html
Slavery still existed in British Empire 50 years after American Revolution - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/slavery-abolition-act-1833
Economy of the south held back by slavery -
https://www.historycentral.com/CivilWar/AMERICA/Economics.html
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Lies-About-America-Destructive/dp/0307394077
https://www.amazon.com/Race-Culture-World-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0465067972
360,000+ soldiers from the north died to free 4,000,000+ slaves -
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/costs-major-us-wars.html
US is overcoming racism -
Vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409
Rates of Africans immigrating to the US are rising - https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/02/14/african-immigrant-population-in-u-s-steadily-climbs/