The New York Times’ 1619 Project has aimed at nothing less than a revolutionary reinterpretation of the entirety of U.S. history, “re-centering” African Americans as the sole banner-carriers of America’s principles, even as they have been ruthlessly smashed down, enslaved, and obliterated from memory by more numerous and more powerful whites.
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison come in for bashing. So does Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln? Jefferson and Madison, we know, were slave owners. But Lincoln? The author of the Emancipation Proclamation?
In project leader Nikole Hannah-Jones’ verdict, Lincoln, too, is guilty, largely because of one incident. In August 1862, Lincoln invited a committee of black men to the White House. He read to them a prepared statement, urging them to recruit volunteers for colonization outside the United States.
Colonization meant that once freed, former slaves would have to relocate, preferably for a reservation Congress would purchase in Central America.
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5 comments:
Who gives a $hit about some old worn out history that keeps being hashed up to suit the needs of people who hate this country. I'm sure Abe is laughing his ass off.
No wonder the Democrats are so adamant about getting rid of all of our REAL HISTORY. That way they can write it their way. LIES LIES and MORE LIES
They did create a new country for them, in a more appropriate place than South America.
Tbe American government bought the land, established an all black, functioning government, and founded an entire country for them. It’s called Liberia.
Some former slaves did repatriate there, but most declined because thru knew that, flawed as it was, the USA was a far better place to be, and had far more opportunity than their native Africa..
The1776 project challenges the 1619 papers that America was founded on slavery,a very good read.
Black supremacist revisionist history. More mythology and false braggery.
Show me an African tribe, let alone a country, was founded on principles such as ours. Never happened.
And even if it were true, that would mean THEY created the “systemic” and “institutional racism” they howl about.
No, the handful of simple, uneducated laborers didn’t found this country, nor did they make us great.
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