[VIDEO] Academic Wilfred Reilly discusses the issues with the 1619 project. I have some research to do on this Pulitzer Prize winning narrative which attempts to portray the United States as a very racist nation the moment it allowed the first slaves on its shores.
Questions to be asked what happened to July 4, 1776? What happened to the American Revolution and the colonists wanting to break from Great Britain the superpower of its day? What about the founding fathers such as Jefferson, Madison, or Washington?
Another main question to be asked is it fair to judge America of the 21st century in their racial attitudes to the America of the 20th century and indeed the 17th century? Is America a nation rooted in racism when a President of African descent was elected to two terms overwhelmingly in the 21st century?
I hear this narrative is being taught in schools lately. I'll bet a teacher somewhere is sharing this with their elementary, middle, junior, and high school students somewhere. It's one thing if this is taught in college where ideally students should be allowed to pick it apart and either find what they do agree with or find what's inconsistent.
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