What's Wrong With The 1619 Project? | 5 Minute Video

[@joshuawells835]

And this is why we should leave the writing of history to actual historians, not journalists.

[@craigb4913]

You're being too kind to call them "journalists." They're activists working for what was once a real paper, but is now a propaganda outlet.

[@patrickgjorven7832]

Yup. Non-biased journalism and news corporations is dead. They're all fear mongering activists.

[@xhippiewanderer]

Too many so-called journalists of legacy media are actually closed-minded activists, not objective journalists.

[@dannygreen7473]

@@craigb4913 They're marxists, which should not be a surprise. Marxists began infiltrating the education system over six decades ago, and with each new generation the indoctrination grows deeper.

[@craigb4913]

@@dannygreen7473 Yes, the so called "long march to the institutions." Worse than just Marxists, they're also "critical race" adherents. They see everything through the Marxist lens AND the race obsessed lens. Deadly combination.

[@yananfederation6360]

Slavery was not unique to America. It was in Latin America, Canada, Africa, India, Arabia and pretty much everywhere else in the 18th century.

[@jonlanier_]

And for centuries before that.

[@TheHamadanners]

Still everywhere today and its everybody not just one race

[@MonsterhunterFTWWTF]

Chattel slavery is the only form of slavery unique to America. It's a very well documented and cruel system

[@yananfederation6360]

@@MonsterhunterFTWWTF That is not true. The vast majority of chattel slavery in the transatlantic slave trade was the Portuguese taking slaves from Angola to Brazil. Only 5% of the transatlantic slaves went to the USA. Still 5% too many, but it proves the point that it was not a uniquely American problem.

[@yananfederation6360]

​@@rohantime5938 If slavery makes countries rich, why did it not make Brazil, Cuba, and Mauritania rich?

[@kelaarin]

It's fanfiction, treat it as such. It was not peer-reviewed, and was rejected by 97% of historians.

[@requim936]

Yeah the only problem w that is schools are wanting to integrate it in with their curriculum and teach it as if it's factual history. Trying to keep the brainwashing of our youth up to par.

[@SocialGore]

Do you believe in climate change

[@epluribus591]

@@SocialGore What do you mean by climate change? That anthropogenic CO2 has a significant contribution to global warming, or that climate change is powerful enough to destroy human civilization and we must ban fossil fuels now?

[@filmandfirearms]

@@SocialGore Man made climate change is undeniably real, almost no one denies that today. Anyone with half a brain knows that the thing humans are best at is changing their environment. The argument is against the fearmongering, the people who say the world will be literally burning in 10 years time. I don't think we could cause the kind of temperature change they talk about if we were actively trying to

[@lilacfantasy4]

@@filmandfirearms That's about where I'm at. I don't really know what to do about it, but I do know that communism is not a good solution, despite what AOC says. If it were, China's emissions would not be the highest in the world...

[@comical9587]

"The United States was founded in 1619 when the first slave..." Dismissed.

[@DEWwords]

They weren't slaves. They were indentured. --- That's her first sloppy mistake.

[@MrDoudini]

@Jon Smyth By all men being created equal they meant white men. It’s clear if you look into some of the laws imposed during Jim Crow. For instance, most Jim Crow states enforced laws prohibiting anyone who wasn’t white the ability to testify in court on behalf of or against a white man. Yes, the legislation specifically says white man, not white people but white man. It goes to show the deeply rooted ideology the law makers had at that time and we know for a fact these things were based on white supremacy and male dominance. The people who were writing about all men being created as equals weren’t presenting themselves to be the example and they most certainly weren’t making sure they created laws that suggests that all of mankind are created equal.

[@achiamamihe414]

@Jon Smyth @Dominique Duhart unfortunately it's not a black-and-white issue it's an American issue and it's not just about what happened hundreds of years ago it's about what's concurrently happening .

[@Divinegon1706]

@Jon Smyth what is currently happening is that a prominent world power is using the governments and bureaucracies it controls along with the media to sow division on every imaginable line possible. The race hustlers leading these "anti-racist" orgs don't care about the issues at all, but they are sure getting mighty rich. The saddest part is that they count on people like Dominique Duhart to spread their racist rhetoric without questioning it or doing their own due diligence. Turns out most people are easily manipulated and mankind are being riled up in anger and hatred against their fellow man, even here in the promised land. Doesn't leave a whole lot of guesses as to who is doing it and why...

[@ryanrich06]

@@achiamamihe414 you do know that the only "race based" law in the United States is Affirmative Action right?

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

George Orwell: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

[@willhiggins9563]

So, your OK with a historical narrative that encourages people to never question a increasingly authoritarian world power.

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

@@willhiggins9563 Marxists are always sanctimonious and accusative.

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

@@willhiggins9563 How is that Marxists are always so accusative and sanctimonious?

[@stevekillgore9272]

IF sufficiently ruthless and vile, which is EXACTLY describes these Progressive Democrats Socialists.

[@Redmenace96]

@Yolo Swaggins He began as a Marxist, and was disillusioned.

[@Arguewityamama]

This entire thing, the “1619 project” made my white gay ex coworker feel it was comfortable to come on my Facebook account (I’m a black woman) and reference slavery as being the root of MY ISSUES... 😬 this shrieks of liberal/leftist ludicrously

[@godhatesliberals4201]

You need new coworkers. IoI

[@aachen800]

Stay strong

[@invertedpolarity6890]

Your first mistake is being on Facebook.

[@manstache3323]

That is because it is... if you don't agree with those white lefty's well, then... "you ain't black!"

[@cherylmockotr]

You were a slave? Sorry to hear it! ;-)

[@kelvinbel8910]

Every culture in antiquity had slaves. Let's boycott the planet.

[@ORIGINALDaveB]

And it's STILL going on in parts of Africa and India.

[@James-il3tq]

Don't forget we're all slaves to government more then ever with lockdowns, mandates, increased regulations and laws. And you ain't seen nothing yet folks.

[@cindymerritt9539]

And in Africa and the Middle East, slavery still exists...funny how some ignore where slavery actually originated..

[@isecretlyvotedemocratbut2426]

@@cindymerritt9539 and some use that as a cop out when they weren’t equal. Transatlantic slave trade was much worse. It was more brutal in most cases.

[@Jaxvidstar]

Let's get Elon Musk to hurry up on creating that Starship....

[@concernedkid3262]

That was an excellent crash course debunking some of the mess set forth by people who want to divide our country! Well done!

[@darkdudironaji]

"Racism is an unchangeable part of America" says the people calling for "black only" spaces and basing experiences on skin color. Kind of shows their true colors.

[@_Abjuranax_]

We used to have "Colored Only" spaces in the US, but we got rid of them.

[@zombieslayer7759]

@@_Abjuranax_ It's odd since now they want to bring them back. The crazy thing is, the left is using the exact same excuses supporting it today as they did before. They claim that it benefits blacks, when in actuality it does the opposite.

[@darkdudironaji]

@@rohantime5938 "The 1619 project is true, whether you like it or not." I mean, not according to historians. But you go ahead and believe what you want to believe. I find arguing with idealogues is usually pointless.

[@darkdudironaji]

@@rohantime5938 I don't agree with everything Prager U says. The fact that you believe it should be censored means you probably disagree with everything. If you disagree with everything they say, there are two possibilities. 1. You disagree with something you haven't watched, meaning you've been brainwashed into believing they're bad without giving them a proper listen. 2. You agree with me on some things. And as you claim I'm brainwashed for believing what I believe, you too are brainwashed. Either way, you're advocating for the censorship of conclusions that are different from your own. I pray that nobody as authoritarian as you ever holds office.

[@zombieslayer7759]

@@darkdudironaji This guy has the IQ of a rock (like most leftists do). Arguing with him is somewhat pointless.

[@Notourtube]

Everything is wrong with the 1619 project!

[@bignerd0452]

Like what?

[@Notourtube]

It’s agenda based liberal bs, it’s revisionist history meant to push their liberal ideologies and divide us. It does not come from truth, it comes from wanting to have everything based on race even when it’s not. It’s a victimization mindset meant to keep people thinking they can’t make it over obstacles that people over come everyday

[@bignerd0452]

@@Notourtube All it’s doing is telling US history with more attention to slavery and how it shaped our country, something that our current curriculum sorely lacks.

[@DrWavy-ee5xo]

@@Notourtube it’s literally just making sure that Americans that have been over looked by the Eurocentric curriculum and society are accounted for in American history . Before you come and say everything is wrong with it , try listening to the podcast and look at the plan

[@Notourtube]

Making narratives to get your agenda in history is not the truth. The independence of this country was not based on slavery was based on independence from England, if it was based on slavery, the English wouldn’t of had slaves during the revolutionary war but they did. It’s an agenda-based narrative that’s rewriting history that’s the bottom line. The truth doesn’t have an agenda! We strive for a more perfect union, it doesn’t mean we are perfect, it means we are trying and may I add better than the rest of the world in almost every metric.

[@sniper6081]

Also, there was no US back in 1619, so there's that.

[@sniper6081]

@@rohantime5938 You do realize that being pro-censorship makes you evil, right?

[@gwinstubley5853]

@@rohantime5938 PragerU encompasses the essence of truth compared to narratives put out by the left (1619 is a prime example). Give examples of where PragerU tweaks facts, exaggerates leftist claims, or basically lies. That you say 1619 is true (whether we like it or not) gives a good indication that actual truth is not something you value. History is not opinion. Many historians (including left-wing ones) have already called out 1619 for being bad history.

[@jarberwoks8399]

@@gwinstubley5853 A month later and we are still waiting for his examples.

[@wrongfullyaccused7139]

@@rohantime5938 ;In a pigs eye. First of all, only 9% of the population owned slaves. Second, no republican leader owned a slave. Third, the original constitution banned slavery but the democrat side of the republican/democrat party would not sign the document. They had no choice but to rewrite the constitution and simply leave out the banning of slavery. It never gave it license but it was the only way to get the democrats to sign it. Fourth; Not one single democrat senator signed the 14 amendment abolishing slavery, nor the 15th restoring the right to vote to black people. Five, the republican party was electing black people to the office of United States Senator since 1870 and His name was Hiram Revels of Mississippi. The democrats did not elect a black person Senator until 1993 and her name was Carol Moseley Braun. Barack Obama was only the second black person ever elected by the democrat party. From the period where reconstruction ended and World War Two ended, five thousand people were lynched in the south. 3,500 of them were black and 1,500 of them were white. All five thousand of them were republicans. Lastly, it was the democrats who butchered the civil rights amendment that the Republican Party fought to pass. You have bought your own con.

[@josephoakley2817]

@@rohantime5938 what part of what they said is factually incorrect?

[@Ston247]

Frank Sinatra ended racism in Las Vegas. "If my musicians can't stay in the same hotel with me, I will NOT perform here." Franky "Blues Eyes" was also good friends with Carlo Gambino and Sam Giancana. You don't want to cross them either.

[@TBustah]

Claiming that America was founded when the first slaves arrived also doesn’t make sense because there were other English settlements in what is now the USA and other parts of North America before 1619. Are we just supposed to forget about Jamestown (1607)? They were there first, they didn’t have slaves, and they laid much of the groundwork of the country. By the time those slaves showed up, Jamestown was thriving and had been the capitol of Virginia Colony for three years. The pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock a year after the slaves, but they didn’t keep any themselves (or at least, not at the time). Their Mayflower Compact had FAR more of an influence on the country’s foundation than slavery did, and they actually made a point to befriend the Indians (even if it didn’t last). Speaking of which, even if you want to make the case that America WAS founded on the oppression of non-whites, why 1619? The Spanish had been in Florida for just over a century by that point. Isn’t it a bit ethnocentric for these black activists to claim that their ancestors’ plight was a bigger influence than that of those conquered indigenous people, especially when it came first? XD

[@TBustah]

@@rohantime5938 I make my case independently of anything said by Prager U, which has never claimed to be an actual university. How about you try actually addressing what is being said in the video and/or my comment? All I'm hearing from them is what used to called "history" until five minutes ago, and all I'm hearing from you is tired rhetoric. If the 1619 Project really is "true whether (I) like it or not", the burden of proof is on you to back up their ridiculous claims. Slavery was wrong, and nobody is denying that it happened, but what's also wrong is lying about what the founders' intentions were when they laid them out clearly in our founding documents and they can be independently verified by looking at the British perspective of the war. Like the man says, the founders were in no danger of losing their slaves from anyone but other founders, and even that didn't come up until after the war was won. "This channel deserves the censorization it’s gets from KZbin"? I'll let that statement stand on its own, Rocket Phonics.

[@finkum09]

@@rohantime5938 What Lie? They included a lot of factual information. You should point out that which is false or people might think you are an idiot.

[@Zeakthecat]

@@rohantime5938 so basically, every history teacher thats ever taught me the exact opposite of what your saying and my best friend who has actually STUDIED history, is somehow wrong and racist? also, the fact that as bustah has already said, the spanish existed since 1492, and theres been other instances of the chinese, vikings and many others even landing before the santa maria set sailed, those are all ignored as the supposed "start of america"? at best your lying and if put under oath you would probably still lie, or your very illiterate of history and too damn arrogant to even think of anything other than whatever the NYTs "1619 project" is suggesting. you also claim that prager U is a university (im surprised you never heard of fedex being called "federal express" or that the federal reserve bank is privately owned), when they've never claimed to be one and its a in name only title. LOL 😂 and before you jump on the bandwagon of calling anyone else racist, might wanna have a look in the mirror, since you believe blacks can't even get out of poverty, and are victims, i was never raised to taught that, and i know the leftist mindset too well now. majority of them are stupid, ignorant and very racist and sexist, claiming to be champions of race and sex but they really want minorities and women to be nothing but victims, well take a wild guess what i want. if you guessed the same as you, or tried to project your racism and sexism onto me, then "insert family feud wrong buzzer here", DEAD WRONG! if you guessed that i want them to be successful and find happiness in their own ways, then ding ding ding, you got it right for the million! lol, because while you promote that racism and sexism is the only way to bring minorities up, the thing is you are highly mistaken, how bout listening to historians for once instead of some stupid newspaper thats bout to be dead in roughly ten years.

[@misterauctor7353]

@@rohantime5938 "The 1619 project is true whether you like it or not." The 1619 project isn't true whether you like it or not.

[@alejandro7031]

Thank you i used your comment for a history warm up about the 1619 project

[@jakezgab8576]

Thomas Sowell should be invited to PragerU to tape a video. Good patriot.

[@ryanmitchell5614]

The same Thomas Sowell that argued that blacks don’t care about equal pay for equal work?

[@ryanmitchell5614]

@Michael Fox Tbh I mainly see Sowell as a fusion between Candice Owens and Million Friedman who gets paid millions of dollars to be the GOP’s mouthpiece to convince the black community into voting against their own interests.

[@BJ-xm6bi]

@@ryanmitchell5614 Yeah, Larry Eders does the same thing. He says the things that white conservatives know is racist, then when Larry says it, they think, "well a black guy said it, so it can't be racist". Larry will take over for Sowell when he passes on.

[@toonybrain]

Thomas Sowell: an American Treasure, an intellectual giant

[@bisexualzebra3046]

It will keep him away from Gravel Institute, a much better source of information

[@raquell9642]

What racism is left , is only because people keep making it an issue by talking about it

[@grantflippin7808]

yeah, and stop driving racists together, that doesn't solve the problem

[@xhippiewanderer]

Exactly, now instead of treating black fellow workers like everyone else, the non-black boss and co-workers have to tip-toe around them so as not to hurt their fragile Woke sensitivity. Apologies to blacks who are not into Wokeism.

[@stewartread4235]

Check out any Morgan Freeman interviews, he's a legend with real life experience.

[@skybot9998]

Actor Morgan Freeman said in an interview if you want to stop racism,stop talking about.

[@willhiggins9563]

@@skybot9998 So, now your days want to take political advice from celebs?

[@Bobcat665]

In a word: it's a FRAUD!

[@Namelbmert]

That's 3 words.

[@LalakiProductions]

When even leftist historians reject your work, you know you did something wrong.

[@JohnZak]

@@jasonliu7936 As a public school teacher I must attend monthly anti-racism training. We were recently instructed that statements such as, "I don't see color" are racist microaggressions. The argument is that it denies a person's racial and ethinic experiences. I only mention this because I noticed you you the phrase in your post. My first reaction to this is view is that it's kinda ridiculous; however, I am glad I am aware of it for at least two reasons: 1) I can empathize with people who interpret my language different than I do and 2) I find more effective ways to communicate my thoughts. While I don't fundamentally accept the premise of anti-racism or the 1619 project, I also don't think most of us appreciate the long and lasting effects of past racism in the lives of my neighbors.

[@JohnZak]

@@rohantime5938 I agree that true statements are true whether someone likes them or not. The burden of proof is on the 1619 project to show it's understanding of history is more plausible (i.e. consistent with accepted facts) than the standard account. It seems to me that there is some truth to the 1619 project's reading of history - it is plausible that at least some individuals masked their viciousness with the appearance of virtue and ideals; people regularly do this including many conservative and leftist folks today. Perhaps this video is a presentation by a fake university funded by large corporations of questionable motivation. That does not mean the content of the message is therefore inaccurate. I suggest commenting that the source is biased is not a terribly convincing argument. I agree that folks tend to setup straw man arguments- presenting the weakest possible version of an argument and rejecting it. I agree that our common desire for truth requires charity - let's always present the strongest possible version of an argument and only then look present our objections.

[@swaythegod5812]

@@rohantime5938 saying America was founded in 1916 is a blatant lie that your trying to push for your political and ideological agenda Because America was not founded on slavery it existed before America was founded that’s why there trying to rewrite history so it fits there narrative Sadly for them if they actually opened a history book slavery, empire, and colonialism aren’t originally western ideas ironically

[@pragerufiend8854]

When even rightist historians reject the 1776 Project, you should know they did something wrong.

[@DavidbarZeus1]

@@rohantime5938 If they were funded by oil companies, why do they support nuclear power so much?

[@e1ie1i15]

The sad thing is lots of Gen Z actually believes nonsense like the 1619 project.

[@MonarchEAS]

It is sad. I am part of Gen Z and everyone is a moron.

[@andromedamessier3176]

@@rohantime5938 the 1619 project was rejected by 97% historian. I thought you love science and academic so much, so you should listen to these historians who said that this is false. That 1619 project was written by a journalist. It’s an opinion piece with no substance. How is this not propaganda. You cry propaganda, while you guys put out stuff like this smh

[@Rocketninja200]

@@rohantime5938 The oil companies are sending operatives to watch you. Quick! Hide in your basement and put on a tin foil hat!

[@thebignacho]

@@rohantime5938 You legit want to censor someone else's content bc you don't like it? You just proved how much of a radical nutjon you are.

[@brentsievers3293]

"Sorry we enslaved brown people for 250 years but we stopped it eventually so we're all good now :)" is the same insane logic as "sorry I punched you in the face for a year, but today I stopped and punched myself in the face so we're square :)"

[@samantharae5877]

Didn't the "native Americans" own slaves.

[@hugehappygrin]

[sarcasm follows, stupid KZbin censors] Well, yes, but back then it was *noble* .

[@samantharae5877]

@@hugehappygrin I am surprised it didn't get deleted. Well the day has just begun. My comments below are getting deleted. Surprised this post is still up.

[@vincewidemann868]

Chief Seattle owned around ten. Will all those progressives living in the city that shares his name ever pretend to notice?

[@isecretlyvotedemocratbut2426]

Yes but not anywhere near the degree or the cruelty

[@samantharae5877]

@@isecretlyvotedemocratbut2426 they scalped them. Give me a break slavery is slavery.

[@SPQR7117]

Abstract: What's Wrong With The 1619 Project? *EVERYTHING*

[@JLJ1776]

Thank you! My college professor was pushing us to read the 1619 project, it was ridiculous, I’m a history major btw and the indoctrination is heavy in my department.

[@grantjohnson5785]

Oh, I wish I was a Poli-Sci major in college right now... I'd get to have so much fun ripping leftist arguments to shreds every class!

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

@@grantjohnson5785 You'd be ostracized, might well be physically attacked, would have professors trying to make sure you didn't pass, and both professors and students, as well as administrators, trying to get you cancelled and expelled.

[@grantjohnson5785]

@@dingfeldersmurfalot4560 I was ostracized by most people throughout my school years, so that's nothing new. I'm fairly proficient in several martial arts, so they're welcome to physically attack me. I've faced down teachers trying to make me fail already. Tbh, I'm planning on going back to college by auditing once I retire: www.thepennyhoarder.com/save-money/free-college-courses-for-senior-citizens/ "Ohio residents at least 60 years old may attend class at any state college for free. Senior-citizen students do not receive credit and can only register on a space-available basis." So in a few decades, I'll get my wish... provided the policy doesn't change.

[@BruhWhyDidTheyChangeThis]

@@grantjohnson5785 bro rip me to shreds

[@OfMiceAndMegabytes]

My condolences. What a waste of time

[@everythingstemporary603]

Why is it that no other country is having their starting date from when they started African slavery? Why just the US?

[@ootmaster1]

@Sporkenstein because they are out to destroy western civilization by any means necessary. its anti white, anti western, and anti freedom, and its a grand global conspiracy, but no one can talk about it because its a conspiracy

[@crazychicSHENA]

Because Europe made slavery worldwide like Arab nations did before the West had slavery

[@crazychicSHENA]

Slavery should not have happened plan and simple

[@ootmaster1]

@@rohantime5938 lol

[@ootmaster1]

@@rohantime5938 yeah its all conspiracies by big oil. you are a joke

[@Tabbyhasbees]

This was incredibly concise. I wish I could take a whole semester of classes with our good professor here.

[@discobikerAndRosie]

Check out the DVD series put out by David Barton. Its long, but is a fantastic, truthful series on our founding fathers & the birth of our nation. Barton is a Christian historian & author.

[@raw1175]

@God hates liberals Russian hackers omegalol

[@mathbytv4858]

@@rohantime5938 I will continue to listen to everything they have to say, but I also have the critical thinking skills to research all sides before coming to any one stance on an issue. This topic is one I agree with after my own research even.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Not with Prager's ilk!

[@kimberlyhovis5864]

Thank you so much for your videos. On a side note, anyone who really believes that the US was founded in 1619, has obviously not read the Declaration of Independence.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Nobody was even trying to found a new country in 1619. The slavers were still English colonists.

[@kimberlyhovis5864]

@@jeffreygao3956 exactly

[@gabbyhayes4561]

@@jeffreygao3956 Indentured servants. 1776 🇺🇸😎

[@christopherpeery7436]

Better watch this before youtube gets rid of it

[@ultrablue2]

For “Progressives”, living in the past is a way of life.

[@Individual_Lives_Matter]

Reverting to a twisted version of the past as well.

[@carlojacques1225]

America has done a good job herding sheep 🐑 "Dont question history. Let the govt tell you that slavery wasnt too bad."

[@pennyplyman5022]

@@carlojacques1225 choose not to be a sheep.

[@carlojacques1225]

@@pennyplyman5022 If you believe all told in this video, sheep is the proper title. To not be a sheep is to see beyond propaganda.

[@joebarnes100]

@@carlojacques1225 exactly it's incredible how the sheep don't see that. There are sheep on both sides of this right wing and left wing nonsense. For me it's two wings of the same bird.

[@jrno93]

We're so diverse and tolerant we elected a dementia patient to run the country in 2020

[@slightlyistorical1776]

“We elected an old, rich, white, male career politician to represent the diversity and progressiveness of the Democratic Party”

[@achiamamihe414]

You shouldn't be so hard on Donald Trump he never was admitted as a patient

[@shootincoyotes]

@@achiamamihe414 so you admit Trump won the 2020 election, check.

[@achiamamihe414]

Just feeding your narrative👍🏿😉 @@shootincoyotes >>> In a comment about the 1619 project Joseph Stalin Biden communist Wrote : we're so diverse and tolerant we elected a dementia patient to run the country in 2020

[@paulefstathiou1819]

He was not elected ; he was installed by politicians by-passing OUR CONSTITUTION : end of story !!!!

[@huntera123]

I never paid detailed attention to CRT/1619. Thank you for putting the lies under the spotlight. CRT in reality teaches racism.

[@vernonwhite4124]

No, It's calling a horse a horse.

[@KrolPotato]

The Left's approach is to invent a problem ("systemic racism") then propose a solution (CRT) that actually creates (perpetuates racism) the problem. A lie begets more lies. The old joke from the Cold War was that the Soviet Union was like your friend who steals your bike in the morning but then helps you look for it all day.

[@lilfire1877]

@@vernonwhite4124 oops! U drank too much of the kool aid. Even Nichole Hanna Jones walked it back and said the 1619 project is just "history reimagined".

[@mandatethis8024]

@@vernonwhite4124 no Vern, its calling an ass a horse, 🇺🇸

[@everyoneash]

Is the answer everything... because I think it might be everything

[@popthoughto670]

The true answer is that it's a very narrow viewpoint of American history that discards all of the ways that America fundamentally evolved. To get a short and easily comprehensible wholesome viewpoint about the founding of America, I recommend clicking this link below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl7LZaaZatqcj6s

[@ericaweller4201]

@@popthoughto670 has Ashley w

[@popthoughto670]

@@ericaweller4201 what?

[@smartbrianna2]

The answer to what?

[@popthoughto670]

@@smartbrianna2 the answer to why the 1619 project is wrong.

[@taffyouch]

I hate premiers, I wanna watch the video right when it’s done

[@popthoughto670]

I agree with your statement. Because of that, I found a short video that discusses the facts and the morality of the founding of America that can be watched at anytime and anywhere: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl7LZaaZatqcj6s

[@JangoMike]

I hate when i click and dont see its a Premier, so im waiting for it to start like an idiot....

[@collinspecht6725]

Wtf is your profile picture, first off...

[@TexasRedFam]

Racism didn't ruin my credit, I did that by getting a card at 17 with no job

[@claytons4789]

@@rohantime5938 are you a bot

[@handcannon1388]

@@claytons4789 I'm guessing it rhymes with "bot". Maybe with four letters and a slightly marine odor.

[@slightlyistorical1776]

I can already hear Peter Salem and Martin Luther King Jr. rolling in their graves at this bs

[@Shufi1]

Is your claim about the video or 1619?

[@ilikememesd1945]

@@Shufi1 prolly about the project

[@AW27007]

MLK for life. Guy was smarter then most "civil rights leaders" today

[@bikinggal1]

they are scratching at the lid

[@renegade637]

Considering the fact that this video is the first video that came up in a KZbin search for the 1619 project, along with other videos stating how falsified the 1619 project is, helps me believe that there are people who want actual facts about history.

[@shanewhitefeather6298]

Professor Reilly is from Kentucky State! I live in Kentucky and think that's great! What a smart, honest and rational teacher! I have a little more faith in higher education now

[@lisacox3750]

I also live in KY and it is definitely great to see a professor from Kentucky State University on here.

[@stephj9378]

My school!! I've never heard any contribution from KSU - bad or good. I am so proud, I yelled in delight.

[@iamchillydogg]

The commonality of slavery precludes it from being the defining characteristic of the country.

[@zombieslayer7759]

Not to mention during the 17th and 18th century, slavery was pretty uncommon since most people could not afford to have slaves. It became much more widespread throughout the 19th century after the invention of the cotton gin and during the origins of the Democratic party.

[@iamchillydogg]

@@rohantime5938 The first slaves on the continent were owned by the Native Americans thousands of years before Europeans showed up so no it's not true. Anyone in favor of censorship is in favor of ignorance.

[@SandfordSmythe]

Faulty logic here.

[@tedszweb5268]

I still remember my Freshmen History class in High School & Mr Baker telling us that the Civil War wasn’t about Slavery it was about whether we were going to be an Agrarian Country or a Manufacturing Country !

[@somfreeman4172]

I noticed at the end of this video that it was funded by Dr. Bob Shillman foundation. I’m proud to say that I use to work for his company some years ago and it was one of the best work experience of my life. He is a generous person and took care of his employees. I’m glad to see that he is a supporter of truth and America’s greatest.

[@Cissy2cute]

One of the best commentaries on the reality, not the 1619 fantasy.

[@josealexi5141]

Anything from NYT should be immediately dismissed as lies & deceit.

[@josealexi5141]

@@rohantime5938 when they passed out the Kool-Aid... you went back for fifths!

[@professord1522]

It seems the BETTER question is "What ISN'T WRONG With the 1619 Project?"

[@RavenclawFtW3295]

A bookstore nearby had 8 copies of the 1619 Project out on a table set next to the American History section. The shelves themselves had one copy of Debunking the 1619 Project. In about one week every copy of the 1619 Project was sold. The copy of Debunking the 1619 Project was still there.

[@lindickison3055]

Things are what you want them to be....facts dont count.

[@AmosPressley]

Advertising pays.

[@urdude67]

It requires bravery to buy the debunking book, whereas it's sledding downhill to buy the acclaimed one supporting The Narrative, and you get a dash of free easy virtue as a bonus.

[@kaymoto4023]

Thank you this excellent video! So glad I’m a regular donor. Keep up the good work!

[@Grupo1]

I agree Jennifer 8:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::D~~~~~~~~~~~~

[@jeffreygao3956]

Arya sure? Because these guys tried to defend Columbus and Harding.

[@masonpyle5929]

The 1619 project is more inaccurate than Disney’s Pocahontas

[@Greyareas27]

If you rely only on right-wing propaganda sources like PragerU for your knowledge of history, then you have no idea what "accuracy" is.

[@bobmyself1576]

Blaming folks for the sins of their fathers is a slippery slope. The stupidity of the 1619 project is that they want to condemn a colony for the laws of their father nations.

[@LuizHenrique-od4ko]

If racism is unchangeable and cannot be overcomed, then why even bother fighting against it?

[@stevekillgore9272]

Indeed

[@crazychicSHENA]

Because everyone has a right to not be picked on because there racist I mean every👌

[@LuizHenrique-od4ko]

@@crazychicSHENA I didn't get it...

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Oh snap!

[@TheTmac51]

The answer to what is wrong with 1619 project…EVERYTHING.

[@arkfire5764]

Thank you PragerU, for your work.

[@robertbrinson5101]

I'm proud that I'm one of those whites. My wife and I both fought on a personal level for equality for all. With all the life experiences to validate it. The radical racist faction of BLM is a slap in our face.

[@abukebbay8399]

How did you and your wife fight for equality for all?

[@senorjp21]

Someone else in the world has their head screwed on. Thanks for this.

[@sohamchakraborty2806]

my dad came from India in 1984. He had virtually nothing at that time and worked hard at his job. Now he is the Ceo of his own firm in texas. If America was systematically racist, he would not have made it anywhere in life. Sure, there are some racists out there but America is not a Racist country

[@DDDrew8]

Thank you for this informative, educational video. People need to know the facts instead of lies and hypes. I was always very puzzled about this 1619 as the beginning of U.S. history because it contradicted my understanding of our history. I had nowhere to find a trustworthy answer. Your video gave me that answer.

[@abukebbay8399]

The 1619 project does not claim that America was founded in 1619. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the author, has been interviewed multiple times on this question. She said no every time. Also, critics like this idiot, didn't read the project at all. Read it, then comment afterwards.

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@abukebbay8399 She's still wrong you know!

[@macvena]

From 1607 until 1776 was British History, not American history, because the British Empire called the shots. 650,000 Americans died to abolish slavery and preserve the union, including the President himself. The United States fell into debt to prosecute the American Civil War. Major cities were razed to the ground. The debt incurred wasn't repaid even by the time of the 1st World War, over 5 decades later. The American South was left impoverished for decades resulting in the Great Migration. The United States has paid welfare payments to the poor for over 2 generations. The United States puts 10s of billions in foreign aid. The United States helped their allies in 2 world wars. Yeah, they are so evil.

[@garthreid5088]

The Civil War was not fought to end slavery. Yes, 650,000 Americans died to preserve the union, but they did not die to abolish slavery.

[@9realitycheck9]

... *EVERTHING* ...

[@pennyplyman5022]

Excellent! I’m so glad you presented this, it explains a lot. Thank you.

[@jackieshabo3047]

How can you put these facts in front of every high school student I the country?! Amazing content.

[@RobertMartinezist]

Thank you Prager, for all your good work.

[@benharrison1069]

Today it's always "Racism" or calling someone a "Racist" whenever you do not have a logical and well-reasoned factual argument.

[@alexanderjavier5237]

Hmm if freedom was just a smoke screen then I wonder what the writers of the 1619 project have to say for countries in Latin American who wanted independence. Was their cause about slavery or was it actual freedom? Or is the real smoke screen all about tarnishing U.S. History with a lie. I’m first gen American and I will not let anyone impose lies on my home. 🇺🇸 ❤️

[@JohnAlbertRigali]

This is one of the most epic PragerU videos that I’ve ever seen - and I’ve seen many since its channel’s launch. Prof. Reilly hit a home run here.

[@9822703]

this information is also not true. slavery ending was a byproduct of the war but not the true aim. keeping the union together was the goal so it would be more accurate to state the death toll to preserving the union.

[@anyanyanyanyanyany3551]

pity the people who bought the book or was forced to read such garbage.

[@SocialGore]

Nice sentence. Maybe you should read more.

[@tommyapocalypse6096]

I have no pity for those who chose to read the book. And I question whether anyone was actually "forced" to read it. The idea of someone allowing themself to be forced to read something, to me, is patently ludicrous.

[@anyanyanyanyanyany3551]

@@tommyapocalypse6096 I didn't mention it clearly, but I was referring to the adoption of the 1619 project into school curricula in California and other liberal cesspools which may mandate children to read materials derived from it. In a sense, they are forced to read it, directly or indirectly, and absorb the content written in it. It's really not different from enrolling in a university for a STEM degree only to be forced to take CRT classes.

[@carlojacques1225]

@@anyanyanyanyanyany3551 To disregard and forget slavery as the pivotal argument that caused the civil war, you will allow America to repeat its mistakes in history. Conservative America loves sheep who forget true history.

[@anyanyanyanyanyany3551]

@@carlojacques1225 Umm, that's not what the 1619 project is being criticized for. The 1619 project's thesis outline that the US was founded on slavery, which is so wrong on so many levels. No one is disputing that the civil war was caused by the issue of preserving slavery in the South.

[@LeviPaladin]

Not to undermine the overall point of this, but as for "the first majority white country to elect a black man" I'm pretty sure he was elected on account of and not despite his physical qualities.

[@ProfessionalScofflaw]

That's the narrative. But Obama did run an effective platform. He just never had any intention of following through with it.

[@LeviPaladin]

@@ProfessionalScofflaw Which point of his platform do you think would have been most effective?

[@dboy6400]

IMHO he was a charismatic rock star. The half black part added to his perceived presidential qualifications for those who used emotion instead of any intellect. Plus McCain wasn't that great.

[@LeviPaladin]

@@dboy6400 McCain was a trash fire same as Obama. A lot of people said that they were voting for him though based purely on his physical characteristics.

[@cuddlemuffin.9545]

Idk why we elected him. He had shitty policies

[@borjaviedma7074]

In Spain too much left people what to change the history............As this 1619

[@taliagage2050]

Thank you for this calm and factual telling of the truth.

[@lmlm_]

Jamestown, Virginia was founded in 1607.

[@christopherblake3190]

very true however the Declaration of independence was signed in 1776 which was the official start of America. British colonists begun to arrive in 1607 but it took them a bit before they declared their freedom and won a war

[@lmlm_]

@@christopherblake3190 We won independence in 1776 but we were founded in the 1600s. Jamestown precedes 1619. That’s the point I was making. We could even go to the Roanoke colony but I’ll compromise.

[@lmlm_]

@@rohantime5938 😂😂

[@jimhughes1070]

As an English colony 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙏

[@jimhughes1070]

@@lmlm_ still an English colony... The "United States of America"... Was founded in 1776...

[@djflynn53]

Thank you for this. Refreshing.

[@terrorcop101]

If even the left has to agree with the right about something this radical, you know it's crazy.

[@comradebanana129]

Communists even agree that it’s bs.

[@markhimmer2856]

Thanks for reporting the truth!

[@scotttovey]

Why do you keep changing the date? First it was 11/25 then the 26 not the 30th. Put the video up already.

[@chillpaintings]

Pragur u has dozens of videos to manage they want them up at certain times

[@popthoughto670]

I understand. Meanwhile, you can watch this short and easily comprehensible video about the facts and the morality of the founding of America: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl7LZaaZatqcj6s

[@popthoughto670]

@Justretrospect your welcome!

[@vaman5591]

Great explanation of proper history, thank you Wilford for an excellent walk through.

[@garthreid5088]

Proper history? LOL! The cause of the Civil War was not about freeing the slaves. And that is just one lie.

[@sirkayda7205]

Thank you for the common sense. It's in shorter supply than it needs to be. I vote that we stop saying "people of color". Everyone has color. No-one is transparent.

[@dangeroreilly2028]

Funny, makes me think of Dr. Jack Griffin (Claude Rains)

[@stevebird9510]

I learned in High School that the first slaves arrived in 1609....don't they count ?

[@stevebird9510]

That's what I was taught too. This is why I disregard the so called 1619 Project. They can't even get the year right.

[@jimhughes1070]

I love Thomas Sowell... I lose quote of his is.."racism was suffering a well-deserved death... Until".... Everybody knows this

[@delawareteacher1182]

Great video, I should show my classes!

[@antoniompacosta]

It's profoundly sad to hear that something so bluntly twisted and ideologic like the 1619 project has won a Pulitzer... it shows how widely accepted such view of the world has become nowadays. It is profoundly sad. And even it were true, it does not promote any improvement or common ways forward.

[@spacegirl226]

It also shows how these awards mean nothing these days. For the right price or for saying the right words to the right people, anyone can be given an award. It's all manipulated to fit the narrative.

[@euterpe55]

I'm black with a masters in history -- it's not true. It's ideology born out of frustration. It's disheartening that out of fear of appearing "racist", no one thought to fact check The 1619 Project with actual historians.

[@gersonmorales7029]

Great job!!

[@kittycubeenterprises7276]

The 1619 Should not have won any prize except “Worst Fan-fiction ever”

[@randomboy3m98]

My immortal slavery

[@Vorse_Raider]

No that's American Exceptionalism and the 1776 project.

[@BurnyBits]

And the Left generates a giant "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

[@enthos38]

I feel so privileged that Big Tech has allowed me to view this video. Please remember my gratefulness when you come for me because of “wrong think”.

[@mikebobson2768]

Thank you big tech overloads

[@luelee6168]

And this is how they will lose their case. The United States was founded in 1776 but did not establish a new government until 1781 under the Articles of Confederation and later ratified as a federal republic in 1789. Also, the Cherokee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek owned African slaves back in the day, they backed the Confederacy during the American Civil War to keep those slaves. Do they have to pay reparations as well?

[@InconceivableSandwichChannel]

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. -Qui Gon Jinn

[@secretagent4610]

Tell that to the democrats.

[@ctunimprov3417]

Collective disagreement doesn't necessarily prove Facts. The Klan and Nazi Germany proved that.

[@SPQR7117]

@@ctunimprov3417 That goes both ways, I hope you realize...

[@stacyteal6221]

Wow, how can they justified the lies of 1619?

[@cindymerritt9539]

They dont feel the need to justify their victim mentality...

[@stacyteal6221]

@@cindymerritt9539 that is sad

[@carlojacques1225]

Lies? Is slavery not the hotbed issue that sparked the secession of the South? The Civil War?

[@joshuaboelsche7684]

Yeah!! Facts that do not conform to my biases are lies!!

[@_Abjuranax_]

@@carlojacques1225 Nope! Otherwise the South would have accepted the Corwin Amendment to the Constitution which would have guaranteed Slavery forever. While Slavery was and is the Elephant in the room, there were other issues as well.

[@tylerturducken519]

That was a great video. Now it's time for some coffee.

[@SocialGore]

Ok Aaron

[@TheRichardsonReport]

Slavery was started by Antonio Johnson 1651. He won a Supreme Court case allowing him to own an African man. Antonio came to America in 1619, but of course slavery was not legal then. Within 30 years of landing in America Antonio had finished his indentured servitude, bought hundreds of acres of land, purchased a plantation, bought 5 servants (4 white women 1 black male), and he had won his case. Slavery did not exist in America in 1619. Antonio would not have been free to win his court case 30 years later making slavery legal in America for the first time.

[@turkeyminer9194]

Dang that was a good video!

[@MsVision2020]

Everyone seems to miss the most significant aspects of the project. It was indeed the single most impacting text I have ever read.

[@pammcdan]

I read it several times just to be sure I was being objective and to try to understand why this commentary won a Pulitzer. I admit that my emotions were impacted, just like they always are when injustices are graphically retold, and I did some research on the boat that landed in 1619 on our future countries shore as well. All that had already been written about, so still not seeing the big impact.

[@MsVision2020]

@@pammcdan Respectfully, maybe the impact wasn't yours to experience.

[@pammcdan]

@@MsVision2020 I’m not following …

[@pammcdan]

@@MsVision2020 What do you mean?

[@MsVision2020]

@@pammcdan Well you said it had no impact on you. I commented that it was the most impactful thing I have ever read. It obviously resonated with me in a way it didn't with you.

[@robertnielsen2461]

Anyone who reads The Declaration of Independence can read the list of grievances.

[@leosailor4150]

This needs to be taught in colleges as opposed to brainwashing America’s youth

[@jfierrar]

STILL waiting for a video on Ludwig von Misus 💸

[@tommyapocalypse6096]

There will never be one, as the man's name was von MISES. :-D

[@Grupo1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYTafZ9uZ9x-h7M

[@Barad_door]

AT SCHOOL IM REQUIRED TO READ IT

[@justjack2131]

Lmao good

[@jackbarlow4104]

It's okay to read and learn about different historical perspectives. That way you can decide for yourself what you believe. Anybody with a lick of sense can see through the b.s. anyway.

[@peapee873]

Oh No!

[@bignerd0452]

Get away from here, kid

[@godhatesliberals4201]

Another endorsement for home-schooIing.

[@steverlfs]

Incredible video- concise, intellectual and to the point.

[@chasengrieshop]

"Come, join hand in hand, brave Americans all, And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call; No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim, Or stain with dishonor America's name. Chorus: In Freedom we're born and in Freedom we'll live. Our purses are ready. Steady, friends, steady; Not as slaves, but as Freemen our money we'll give." - The Liberty Song In many ways our Founders saw themselves as slaves to England which is why many of them disagreed with the institution that had shaped the world for thousands of years.

[@davidwood2387]

1619 was long before the u s a was formed.

[@c.h.y]

I dare anyone to go onto KZbin and type “Prageru” debunked. Oh how I wish I could see their faces when they do that 😂

[@thefrenchareharlequins2743]

Seen it numerous times.

[@yonisbadar2129]

The PragerU propaganda machine is like factory work

[@markmontagna7637]

@@yonisbadar2129 it pales in comparison next to the liberal media

[@yonisbadar2129]

@@markmontagna7637 It's very superficial with the liberal propaganda. You know it's happening. You don't know when you face conservative propaganda because people see it more normally. It runs deeper

[@cindymerritt9539]

Too many negative sarcastic comments for so early in the day...this is why i normally avoid comments on youtube

[@joshuaboelsche7684]

Yeah!! I come to PragerU because IT'S MY RIGHT to indulge misinformation!! I don't want to be confronted with FACTS OR INFORMATION when I'm watching PragerU!!

[@georgehakimian5949]

The question has to be asked who benefits from the division that is being sought by a small few in the country.

[@lisacox3750]

There are more than a small few people who want division. Also, we already know who benefits. The government benefits...they always have. Both parties benefit. They always have.

[@korvusgaming4927]

"What's wrong with the 1619 project?" Other than rewriting history implying that the United States and the British Empire are one and the same?

[@bookshelf5759]

I cant focus with that weird beard

[@tommyapocalypse6096]

Then maybe you shouldn't be watching these kinda' videos, with that short attention span. Maybe if you scrolled down until you can't see it, then replay it... you might learn something.

[@phosphoros60]

"...and they were Asian" is the most fun (and telling) part about this video

[@kashthewrestler]

People will point out anything that doesn't fit thier narrative to trash the experience of others.. sad