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I'm against tearing down statues of our forefathers. But this dude is an editor in chief? The significance of 1619 is not the NY Times article. Does Raheem know anything about North American history? Anything at all.https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1273959230840745986 …

I'll break it down for @RaheemKassam. 1619. First meeting of any representative body in North America, the general council, at Jamestown. Backed by Virginia Company in London. Pushed the slavery question down the road.

1619 @RaheemKassam A pirate by the name of "White Lion" made his way to Virginia after helping defeat the Portuguese, carrying dozens of enslaved AFRICANS with him. First known slaves in the America's. Weeks after the general council meeting.

So if you're going to shoot off a tweet blaming the NY Times for something, maybe educated yourself first. In fact, just sit this entire thing out @RaheemKassam if you don't know the significance of 1619. Thanks.