Commentary
People would be wise to think more critically about alleged racial conflicts in the United States and Canada.
In the summer of 2019, New York Times journalists led by Nikole Hannah-Jones launched the “1619 Project.” Its purpose was to revise history by placing the arrival of African slaves in the British Virginia Colony at the center of America’s historical narrative.
First published by the New York Times Magazine, the project was intended to play a formative role in American education. Some have said that its introduction in schools is part of a bold neo-Marxist intellectual plan to maximize racial discord.
Epoch Times contributor Clifford Humphrey, a Hillsdale College postdoctoral fellow, wrote: “We should see the 1619 Project for what it is: part of a comprehensive attempt at political revolution.”…