Critical race theory and the 1619 Project.

[OldWiseGuy]

This is the biggy imo. Thoughts?

 

[disciple Clint]

This is the biggy imo. Thoughts?

It is nothing but a lie and a blatant attempt to rewrite history.
WHEN YOU TEACH YOUNG CHILDREN WHO HAVE NO BASIS AT TO ALL RESIST WHAT THEY'RE BEING TOLD AND TAKE IT ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR TEACHERS WHICH ITS SECOND ONLY TO THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR PARENTS, THAT AMERICA BEGAN AS A SLAVEOCRACY, THAT'S NICOLE HANNAH JONES' WORDS AND SINCE OUR VERY BEGINNING WE HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT A NATION FOUNDED ON RACIAL OPPRESSION AND WHITE SUPREMACY. WE ARE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE GENERATION WHICH WILL SIMPLY HATE OUR COUNTRY. WE REALLY CANNOT HAVE A NATION THAT IS FOUNDED ON MUTUAL HATRED AND DIVISION AND PRESENTING DOCUMENTS LIKE THIS TO THE WORLD AS A TRUE HISTORY STRIKES ME AS A VERY DANGEROUS THING FOR US TO DO IF WE CARE ABOUT HAVING ANY KIND OF COHESIVE NATION GOING FORWARD User Clip: The 1619 Project Is Fundamentally Dishonest | C-SPAN.org

 

[disciple Clint]

This is the biggy imo. Thoughts?

“If the 1619 Project were a term paper, any knowledgeable, fair-minded teacher would give it an F and be done with it. It demonstrates not only incompetence in handling basic facts, but also a total disregard for the importance of using reliable sources.”[1]
“the lead author, Nikole Hannah-Jones, who makes some of the most audacious claims, cites no sources at all: the project as presented in the magazine contains no footnotes, bibliography, or other scholarly footholds.” (p. 6) In addition, historians have found the project to be “marred by an astonishing number of errors, misstatements, and omissions. And for a project that purports to cover the world ‘in all its complexity,’ 1619 gives us a just-so story of simplistic generalities – slavery has shaped everything in America.” (p. 53) Further, “When the editors responsible for the 1619 Project have been confronted with the errors and contradictions of the Times’ portrayal of history, they have retreated into a postmodern claim that it is all a matter of interpretation.” (p. 39)[5] https://dougenick.blogspot.com/2020/12/1620-critical-response-to-1619-project.html

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Those who believe this likely voted for Biden, who is allowing the unchecked immigration of people who will push African-Americans even further to the back of the line regarding jobs. It's economic suicide by vote.

 

[Semper-Fi]

The true foundation of the United States lies in the Declaration of
Independence, not in 1619. They claim that every facet of capitalist,
democratic American society was built on slavery, which is false.

By portraying the history of the United States as fundamentally racist,
all it is doing is stirring up hatred and anger. The 1619 Project is not to
promote historical accuracy and true justice, but to stir racial tensions
to serve political ends.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Systemic racism is fading from our history. Sadly there are those who want to keep it alive. The progress that blacks have made since the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960's is amazing. The frosting on the cake would be black capital formation, which would move them into the mainstream of the economy and more into the middle class.