‘1619’ author, Nikole Hannah-Jones opens up about race and identity l Nightline

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is the author of a new book based on her previous work titled, “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,” where she argues slavery is central in the fabric of the U.S.
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[@paulnelson6430]

I don’t like her dyed red hair. That’s cultural appropriation of the Irish.

[@adeolaxaisha]

That’s kind of dumb to say because any person can have red hair it’s literally all genetics 🧬 did you fail biology in high school?

[@lanaiyah7180]

look up the definition of cultural appropriation for me please

[@damita4336]

Burgundy red... really.. didn't know that???

[@papawheelie5576]

@@adeolaxaisha You're not the sharpest shillelagh in the shed, are you Dorothy?

[@willowb1527]

@@adeolaxaisha not everyone can have red hair. So I think you need to go back and study how hair color is passed on.

[@flowersinherhair]

There is currently slavery in Africa, China, the muddle east, etc. Maybe go help them?

[@adeolaxaisha]

Since you’re speaking about it you go help them since you care so much

[@brucecampbell4528]

@@adeolaxaisha Nothing like a work of fiction to make people feel important.

[@JewishSunSlavesInAfricaEgypt]

Sure will, as soon as we get our reparations and our own country.

[@JewishSunSlavesInAfricaEgypt]

We cant go to war against slavery, without an army.

[@JewishSunSlavesInAfricaEgypt]

@Viking Likewise. Revelation 13:10, KJV: "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

[@DATAN420]

The reason you can't advance in life is because y'all are stuck in the past.

[@ameerabdullah6377]

No room for fraudulent denial of reality here.

[@carlosmartinez6227]

Who is you all? Most black people arent like her. Racism is a thing though but they elites are using anti racism as a weapon

[@cheyennepatterson5169]

But the past is still happening!!

[@DATAN420]

@@carlosmartinez6227 you are very right, it's a tool to divide and conquer.

[@papawheelie5576]

@@cheyennepatterson5169 Where? Point to it and we'll address it. You can't.

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

The race grift is real

[@Asiablue]

"...race grift.." Brilliant!

[@lf1496]

Wt fragility is a mental neurosis born out of OBSESSED jealous mediocre ❄️❄️❄️❄️

[@Asiablue]

@@lf1496 Mixed blood, sweetie. My Grampa was an African born Black man. Nice try, though...lol

[@Voicenreason247]

How do we ever move forward if you're always talking about the past

[@robertnobles8189]

How do we ever move forward if we refuse to acknowledge the past?

[@Voicenreason247]

@@robertnobles8189 what are we denying slavery is taught in school nobody's hiding anything

[@unclejeffthechad9459]

Yeah buddy! all nonsense...

[@unvaccinatedAndPureBlood]

Victimhood pays $$$$

[@robertnobles8189]

@@Voicenreason247 it’s barely taught in schools. There are plenty of surveys that most don’t even know it’s why the south succeeded lead to the civil war.

[@orwellknew3408]

Oh my God!!!!!!...... Pennywise is back

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

Why is she culturally appropriating Celtic hair?

[@unclejeffthechad9459]

BS...Nonsense!!!

[@robertnobles8189]

You’re posting pro slavery videos. No one should look to you for comment on this. 🤡

[@sheanv1453]

Yes you people are nonsense

[@user-de2zo1bw4d]

Dislike 👎🏽

[@beyondhuman3148]

My race is human

[@willowb1527]

YES. And that's what people refuse to understand. That race is only a social construct invented and the late 1600s to the early 1700s to put human beings into classes. But yet people believe somehow it's genetic. When even anthropologist don't use race they use ancestry. We are all 99.8 to 99.9% genetically similar the 1% is junk DNA..

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

Based

[@DarkPassenger]

Not a journalist, just an activist that writes fiction for a living. Talk about failing upwards.

[@19blondie93]

She is an accredited journalist, with degree and tenure. Just state that you are racist and move on.

[@DarkPassenger]

@@19blondie93 Yup, and how did she get that tenure? She sure didn't earn it. This woman writes editorials. She's not a journalist no matter what it says in her twitter bio. Also just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't make them racist. I know you probably don't understand that though, because you're a fan of a race grifter like this woman.

[@19blondie93]

@@DarkPassenger Lets see, She graduated from the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media with a master's degree in 2003, where she was a Roy H. Park Fellow. Prior to that, she attended the University of Notre Dame where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and African-American studies and is currently on tenure at Howard University. I understand that you are just trolling to argue, and not have discourse. So, have a great day.

[@DarkenedOne55]

@@19blondie93 You never address the criticism. You just declare critics racist without the slightest bit of evidence. Like a true demagogue.

[@DarkenedOne55]

@@19blondie93 African-American studies has been shown to be a cesspool of postmodernist thinking. When I read the 1619 project I could tell immediately that woman was trained in one of the postmodernist fields. I was not surprised at all when I found out she learn about this stuff in a African-American studies class. These people make wild claims regarding systematic racism then misrepresent or outright fabricate evidence to support their claims. This fact has been proven dozens of times by people publishing fake and preposterous research papers in prominent journals of these fields these people. That is exactly what this woman has done here.

[@Flawda_marlon561]

It's funny how people are talking about get over the past these are the same people who are taught that racism is normal and that's why you get so Triggered 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@iketinknocker5033]

This woman has already been debunked years ago. She will keep attempting to re brand and work on her BS arguments.

[@GustheOttsel]

How was she debunked?? That makes no sense since her book came out just a few months ago.

[@iketinknocker5033]

@@GustheOttsel This 1619 "project" has been out for over a year now..Back in early 2020, major historical professionals signed a letter and sent it to the NY Times explaining the inaccuracies of the 1619 project. Also other historians whom the "author" reached out to for input on the 1619 project critiqued the main premise in regards to the reason for the revolutionary War. The "author" and the NY times chose not to read those critiques and release it anyways. All this information is out there. The people driving 1619 don't care about the truth. They have an objective to try and change history to push their agenda that America was founded on racist beliefs. Germany attempted this under Hitler, Russia attempted this under Stalin,and China is also attempting this under Xi Jinping.

[@godzillavkk]

And if we do not acknowledge our systemic issues, we’ll join the Nazi’s and Soviets on the record of disgraced ideas.

[@mesheldmedusa7854]

She will recieve then owe reparations?

[@deletingaccount]

Its the most selfish generation in history.. everyone needs recognition and for the world to acknowledge their uniqueness.

[@anthonycooper598]

I also wanted to address some of the people who are stuck on one side of the issue. If the native Americans were to tell their story it would be the opposite of what is taught in schools today. Ask yourselves why aren't these people included in American society today? It's because of systemic racism. The one's who are responsible don't want to discuss that either. So if the past isn't revenant today. Then like the dinosaur the native's that were here would be slowly taken out of the books of history. Thats why CRT is important. Truth need to be told. To move forward.The illegal discrimination , hate lynchings, Land that was stole. All needs to on the table. Like a battered wife, How long can you avoid her black eye? 10/24/2021 Oh and Thanks giving...Yeah right. We only heal when truth is acknowledged.

[@Supermanfan99]

What kind of crappy schools is everyone going to where they don't learn all of this stuff? I went on a field trip to a buffalo jump in kindergarten. We went on a field trip to Bear Paw Battlefield (where Chief Joseph surrendered and gave his infamous speech) in 2nd grade. We went on a field trip to the Fort Belknap Reservation in 6th grade. I also took Native American history in high school. I was very aware of our violent past from history classes in high school. Either your schools suck or people aren't taking the right courses in high school to learn these things. Here's my question though: once everyone learns about the past, does that fix everything? What is your proposal to right wrongs?

[@MsRockstar013]

Thank you for having the courage to say this!

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

I'm sure most history that is taught in schools are lies. I only learned it long enough to pass my class..... and then I totally forgot it

[@deborahcooper7545]

@@Supermanfan99 for one thing when people aren't ignorant to the real facts, they have better understanding of truth. When they're constantly fed BS n lies, it's easier to carry hatred where there shouldn't be any. Look at Travis M. He bout to do life over confused, dumbfounded hatred he's been taught all his life.

[@DarkenedOne55]

@@deborahcooper7545 True and the 1619 project is full of lies. That is why it is so controversial. This woman had put forth that the revolutionary war was fought to preserve slavery. The proposition is blatantly false, and not supported by any evidence. These people spread these lies and when people call them out on it they accuse them of racism.

[@miavaughn1919]

Trump look a fool he totally disregarded the Exonerated 5

[@rogue2614]

1492

[@willowb1527]

Yep Christopher Columbus. I do love my Italian bloodline. Along with my other bloodlines. ♥️

[@strongmermaid4651]

Go looking for problems and keep digging up past you can't ever move forward

[@laniefeleski7288]

The 1619 project made children in dangerous cities want to remove police from their school? That's insane.

[@taylormakes2207]

She is full of hate.

[@19blondie93]

It is hateful to talk about the realities of the making of this country?? Why are you all so scared of the truth. You directly and indirectly benefit from your ancestors decisions. Whether they were immigrants or not.

[@lanaiyah7180]

& so are you for leaving this comment.

[@19blondie93]

@@lanaiyah7180 Okay, whatever. Why is talking about slavery so triggering, but the Holocaust is not. ?? The minute someone wants to talk about America actually talking about accountability for hundreds of years of systemic abuse, does the gaslighting and deflection begin??

[@lanaiyah7180]

@@19blondie93 what are you talking about like fr. Are you arguing w yourself? 😭😂

[@DarkenedOne55]

@@19blondie93 Think about all the most hateful people. The Hitlers, the Stalins. Look at what proceeded their genocides. Look at the blatant lying and rewriting of history that took place. It is the behavior of the most hateful to fabricate and propagate lies to justify their hatred and spread it to others. The things this woman has put forth in her 1619 project are blatant fabrications and misrepresentations. These lies sow devision and hatred, which is why it is so controversial. America's history with slavery is bad enough without having to lie about it.

[@carlosmartinez6227]

Also when im a teacher I will teach math to avoid all this

[@smithologist5272]

STEM is the way

[@adeolaxaisha]

okay good for you🤣🤷🏾‍♀️!

[@deborahcooper7545]

U won't avoid it if u ever touch in the history of math. It will probably blow your mind if u trying to avoid truth & confrontation.

[@papawheelie5576]

They won't let you avoid it. Math is racist now, haven't you heard?

[@brucecampbell4528]

@@papawheelie5576 The 1619 project is a work of fiction, so yeah teach fiction away.

[@gcmotorman6379]

Stop it already! Stop going backwards. It's 2023. I'm sure most would agree

[@YourExcellency]

I'm reading the book right now. It is fantastic. She really is a genius and the input from others is amazing as well. This country only exists as it does today because of the forced labor of enslaved Africans.

[@YourExcellency]

@@mikezzgolfin there’s a special place in LLEH for trailer trash like your kind. I’m not worried at all. You will burn for all eternity. Just like your ancestors. Hahahahahahahahahahaha, have fun

[@Domo501]

@@itzasweater9621 these people are sheep my friend they believe whatever someone tells them before diving deeper to understand the true meaning

[@dnabart]

This country exists because of the slaughter GENOCIDE of natives ( done by europeans) that were already here. Hitler took notes on it and replicated -

[@markfcoble]

You fell for it. Did Irish build anything?

[@willowb1527]

She sure loves playing that social constructed "race" card. We need to stop this and start saying, hey you're a human being I'm a human being it doesn't matter what your skin shade is at all we are all one we are all human nothing else should matter. Peace to the peaceful ✌️♥️

[@godzillavkk]

I wish it was that simple.

[@inthemoment8410]

@@godzillavkk it is…..but the liberal media purposefully complicates it to confuse people and pit them against one another.

[@godzillavkk]

@@inthemoment8410 We are not one people. We are many people. If we refuse to acknowledge the ethnical identity of someone, we are denying them their autonomy and taking it away from them.

[@inthemoment8410]

@@godzillavkk no one ever said that we are denying anyone their cultural identity….but we are also ONE nation of many different people. It’s ok to be proud of your culture but we must never lose sight that we are ONE nation. It seems we are the only country in the world that struggles with this due to our incompetent, self absorbed media……if this keeps down the same path we will most definitely be destroyed….all other super powers have extreme national pride.

[@godzillavkk]

@@inthemoment8410 I'm sorry, but we're not one nation. We are many nations. The world is not united under one government. It would take decades, maybe even centuries for all the peoples and cultures to be united in a way that does not diminish any of them.

[@markfcoble]

She's typical perpetual victim class folk. Zero accountability and blames everything on others....guess who?

[@01crazycooter]

Says she had no idea,. Still has no idea , dig deeper. There's a whole loaf of bread under the crumb you are fixated on.

[@justtwobrotherspokemon]

1619 project omits tons and tons of US history there isn't any need to reframe schooling of kids. College students Sure but not kids. Sure teach kids more about racism along with the things we should be proud of in America. Without this lady people wouldn't be bitterly fighting over "critical race theory" when people refer to critical race theory they are really talking about the 1619 project

[@ExtremelyRightWing]

Ronald McDonald wrote a book?

[@robertglasper4845]

We are living and not knowing how long we will be here. And I am glad that we don’t know..Now this is actually where we are today.ThAT the honest Truth Will be Told. And there is nothing absolutely nothing anyone can actually do about it. This cannot be Hidden and It cannot be covered up especially Now.🤔👍🏿👌🏿

[@robertglasper4845]

@Viking of course you would say that.. I would expect nothing else out of you. And that is the main reason why it’s actually be in told. And there is absolutely nothing you can do about it..⚖️👍🏿👌🏿✊🏿

[@robertglasper4845]

@Viking it doesn’t matter how I spelled it you understood it right or wrong .. and I actually agree with you on your opening statement. That it doesn’t need to be hidden or covered up.. now wrap your brain around this..C.R.T. is actually been taught in the military every major university and in the high schools along with the elementary schools as well. And this is the honest truth so we can get rid of all the lies And yes expose the racist Garbage that this America,was Really build up on. From the genocide of the Native Americans and taking of Their Land.. To the actual enslavement of BlackPeople And also stealing the Land From the Mexican. And All of this factual truth that will be told actually Being taught and their is absolutely nothing that you can do about it..🔎⏳ in due time all that is The TRUE will be Reveal.

[@robertglasper4845]

@Viking And there is nothing absolutely nothing that you can do about it.. yes the racist history of your ancestors Is Really being played out each and every day.. yes and they are trying desperately to remove what you all has put in place.. your own history racism lies and hatred.. yes the next generation will know all about .this 🤔. just as you really do know now..Tell me is it in your DNA to hate people of the opposite race. Are do you all teach it from the beginning..⏳ all in Due Time.. And the Truth will be Revealed and there is absolutely nothing you. Can you do about it🙏🏾✊🏿👍🏿🗽

[@robertglasper4845]

@Viking Frankly I wouldn’t give a Damn what you are Tired of . You should’ve figured that out long time. Ago And it’s not A Damn thing you could do about it. Racist DAMNFOOL!!”👌🏿✊🏿

[@Orchid_1026]

I applaud her work but the very first enslaved Africans were present in North America as early as the 1500s. It was only a handful but if we are going to be historically accurate then do that.

[@willowb1527]

The first Africans to arrive in America were indentured servants. Slavery wasn't made illegal until the 1640s in Massachusetts so from 1619 to 1640s the Africans along with some Europeans were indentured servants. And the African indentured servants after 3 to 7 years we're freed and given land..

[@Orchid_1026]

@@willowb1527 Not true. The Spanish brought a small number of enslaved Africans to what is now known as Florida in 1565. It was the first European settlement in the continental U.S. They tried to land slave ships even earlier than that but they had MAJOR issues with revolts aboard the slave ships.

[@jotekenha2659]

😳🧐I’m in this video 😚

[@adeolaxaisha]

same 😭😭🤣

[@lanaiyah7180]

I think I see myself y’all 🤣🤣🤣

[@v12vanquish]

Be careful, you’ve basically announced to The world you received a bunk education.

[@rogue2614]

Do you care about natives to America?

[@robertnobles8189]

Have you read her book? She does. You know who didn’t mention natives even once? The GOP 1776 project in response to her project.

[@TheLion7777]

Pray for the victims of the Marxist BLM Christmas massacre in Waukesha!

[@willowb1527]

YES. 👍✌️

[@dudweiser1169]

Moses Dallas was a black Confederate pilot on a ship

[@scottmic3556]

British started this slavery , America ended it , that's why i love America !!!!!

[@LovehardFightharder_]

Asking for a friend…did whites (British included) choose to enslave and steal land from other people even though they knew it was wrong?

[@mireyar2040]

Every race had enslaved their own people and other tribes lands before any other race got there. It was the norm back then to conquer.

[@scottmic3556]

@@mireyar2040 next you'll tell me Moses led the slaves out of Egypt

[@clarence_claymore.]

@ scott mic You are wrong , to say the British started slavery is to ignore all the enslaved peoples before the empire was even conceived, the word slave comes from Slav. the yanks where in the middle of the Atlantic slave trade when the British decided their air is to pure so only free men can breath it , since they owned half the world at the time that’s exactly what they did and put them self in debt that was finally payed off in 2015 … so any British tax payer before 2015 could claim they helped end global slavery. It’s racist like you with your revisionist history that will make claims like the British started slavery but will ignore modern day slavery which is rife in Weston country’s

[@LovehardFightharder_]

@@clarence_claymore. He should have stated the British chose to perpetuate slavery then. We know slavery was the norm but in any event perpetuating it is still wrong , they didn’t have to perpetuate it, they chose to. Putting themselves in debt to end it is only fair , they don’t deserve any gold stars for their reasonable service.

[@trebochet]

Please give me a brake, This ladie she’s not a historian , she finished high school and now she’s writing history?

[@robertnobles8189]

She is a professor. She got a degree from Notre Dame. Shes a MacArthur Fellow and a Pulitzer Prize winner. She’s done a lot more than finished highschool.

[@DarkPassenger]

@@robertnobles8189 Yes all those things were not earned. This lady is a fraud, and her 1619 project has been proven to be nothing more than an editorial of history. Weird how the system is so racist yet someone like her can keep failing upward. The woman who said a few weeks ago we dropped the A bomb only because we didn't want to waste the money we spent making it. She's nothing but a grifter.

[@trebochet]

Shes no better than a Hollywood screen writer The 1619 project started as an article in the New York times in 2019 , then almost immediately was pushed into schools as if it t was real . its propaganda nothing real about it .

[@robertnobles8189]

@@DarkPassenger troll 🤡

[@robertnobles8189]

@@DarkPassenger so did she “finish highschool” and write it or did she do those things you think she didn’t earn? It can’t be both.

[@gcboy16]

Get rid of the past laws still on the books 🤷🏾‍♂️ Haunting of the unfinished past It’s not black history it’s American history

[@HeatherRose2023]

I don’t care what skin color a person has, it’s difficult to take them seriously when they purposely style their hair to look like a clown.

[@moptopzzz8076]

She is a bad person.

[@Lp78Ch]

NHJ failed at being a scholar.

[@virginiawolfe2581]

Jamestown, Virginia 1607. Before that, Roanoke Colony, 1585.

[@arrak59]

Nothing like fantasy...

[@TheLion7777]

FJB + BLM

[@carlosmartinez6227]

Both sides suck on this.

[@Montezuma0]

If it looks like a clown and talks like a clown....

[@guruvasa]

The TRUTH is never acknowledged by those who lived off the hard working labor and resources of others. The most incapable and amoral folks robbed the riches of others, and relied on the capability of the gifted.

[@louise-yo7kz]

Got my copy of das buche

[@halflifeproductionz]

She acts like africans do no wrong

[@laurencethornblade8357]

No, they kill each other at an alarming rate, plus they keep the abortion industry alive.

[@marlindamercado9054]

Not my child!

[@DSTH323]

Nicole, who "sold' your ancestors to Western mercenaries and weren't they the real exploiters? And what was tribal life like in Africa for your people before the "sale"?

[@artbailey7812]

We're talking about here in America, NOT Africa. Typical racist deflection.

[@nobullzone8394]

She should not have been surprised of the backlash she received due to this project ! One fact that's swept underneath the rug when it comes to history in this country is that there were five Main Indian tribe that owned slaves the Cherokee tribe was among the biggest they owned over 4,000 slaves reading the history of the Trail of Tears should tell people that, so not only do you have whites that don't want this to come out you also have Native American people that don't want this to come out, that at one time in this countrys history they were part of the problem when it came to chattel slavery in the African American community! And when you add the pieces together it now make sense why the Cherokee Indians are among one of the biggest reasons why the Lumbee Tribe has not been recognized as a native tribe in North Carolina

[@megawatts4112]

You probably would be surprised to find out most of the people that gathered up Africans to sell as slaves were…..Other Africans. 👀 It’s still in my opinion the most disgusting practice conjured by man kind. The fist slaves in America were white over 300,000 of them There were 3 million black slaves But white slavery of Europeans to African countries pre dates both by hundreds of years. Over 1 million white Europeans were sold into slavery on the Barbary Coast.

[@kdslash10]

🖤

[@owenmersk4626]

How emotional her work makes so many white activists is really revealing

[@DarkPassenger]

You do realize her "work" is fiction right?

[@wisedyer2133]

@@DarkPassenger what ??? What part bitch cuz the most important part the black people being enslaved isn’t

[@johnwinchester6934]

@@wisedyer2133 The entire thing is revisionist history. Most of it is outright lies or omissions. It has been critiqued by some of the smartest historians and they all agree its nonsense.

[@artbailey7812]

White denial is as bad as white racism.

[@v12vanquish]

@@wisedyer2133 Nicole jones won a Pulitzer for commentary. It’s therefor fiction.

[@rodneyrittenhouse8506]

I am embarrassed that I know so little Black history though a graduate of a college in Alabama. Stay strong.

[@perpetualretrograde9764]

Whoa oh… take the money and run.. hooo hoo hoooo

[@uberlin1577]

#RaceGrifter

[@ctwatcher]

She could leave on a boat, plane or car to another nation. Instead she calls USA racist foreva? Well then, let's act it for her. Maybe she'll shut up then.

[@stacysullivan8009]

Lol, FREAK!

[@ceebee4750]

Cash reparations seem inadequate for such a massive scope. How many African-Americans would even be able to qualify by proving their slave ancestry because the records are so thin for enslaved people? Broader community based reparations may make a greater impact to more people, like grants, education, healthcare, and advocacy groups.

[@caligirl3000...]

Were cash reparations impotent and shortsighted when the Japanese got paid for their internment? What about the payments Jewish people still receive for the Holocaust? Why is it a problem when it's Black folks? Why does it matter what we do with it? It's the least we deserve, after all we have done, and still do, for this country.

[@v12vanquish]

@@caligirl3000... those were paid out to the people directly affected by those situations. Not a single black person alive today was a slave from 1864

[@caligirl3000...]

@@v12vanquish we are their descendants!!! We still suffer the ripple effects of their trauma to this day! Why do you say things like this? Have you not seen the photos of Black children trying to go to school? Trying to eat at a lunch counter? That's your grandma and grandpa, screaming at them, calling them the N word! This is recent history!

[@v12vanquish]

@@caligirl3000... No you don’t actually suffer sorry. I have quite a few black friends who view an attitude like yours with contempt because they had alllll the same problems you “supposedly have” and are doing very well for themselves by not doing the same practices that 90% of the blacks are doing. If you wanna use the descendant blame Game , Sicilian Italians were referred to as inside out negros and worked with blacks when we came here while being put under Jim crow laws in the south and we did just fine. Learn your history better, Stop voting for democrats, and stop listening to demagogues like Nikole Hanna Jones.

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

@@caligirl3000... you are not oppressed

[@uberlin1577]

New way of peddling snake oil…race…and hate

[@karyherndon4266]

Goody. Viewed as well! Yup! Well done!

[@jasonhenderson863]

Yasss 1776 my ass it's 1619 baby

[@TormentorRain]

Is this woman a race hustler???

[@sourceeee]

destroy the patriarchy

[@carlosmartinez6227]

Patriarchy the destroy

[@robertnobles8189]

Why would anyone vilify her? Great lady.

[@robertnobles8189]

Britain did threaten the US, at the birth of the revolution, to free enslaved peoples to get them to rise up against the colonies.

[@deeznutz8320]

Historical revisionism maybe?

[@serpentsepia6638]

@@robertnobles8189 Countries like Britain and France treated ex-slaves poorly and continued to mistreat blacks in their African colonies up until the mid 1900's when they abandoned their African colonies. The British were also responsible for defeating the Zulu Nation. So, saying Britain threatened to "free" slaves during the American Revolution isn't saying much, and most European countries relied heavily on American slaves and sided with pro-slavery southern states during the American Civil War.

[@sharingmythoughts1552]

Nikole Hannah-Jones is brilliant. I am so grateful to her for trying to teach America the truth about our past. I learned more from "The 1619 Project" than I learned in all my years of public education. I hope she continues with her writing and speaking out. The haters want to shut her up; they fear her.

[@karyherndon4266]

Lovely project! Thanks!

[@papawheelie5576]

Lovely race-bating nonsense.

[@karyherndon4266]

It’s extremely controversial! Sorry to say. Hooray! Good reporting job!!