If you're confused by the factual controversy around the 1619 Project, I recommend this measured and balanced assessment
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Despite several important analytic errors, I do think the 1619 project provided a lot of value as a corrective. I do not think it should be used by schools as a history, though.
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I should also tag the author of this piece, , who did a fine job of weighing arguments on both sides and bringing to bear a great deal of expertise.
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I missed this piece on historians vs the 1619 project from last week. I think it's also quite good and fair-minded. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/
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Not sure why you think Phillip Magness gives a fair assessment. Am I wrong in thinking that he always faults poor people for being poor?
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Anyone who fails to describe race as a social construct with no basis in genetics is only serving capital.
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Meh. Doesn’t seem any less accurate than the textbooks they’re using in schools today. Biggest difference is that the points of “arguable accuracy” fail to portray the white leadership of the USA as egalitarian saints without flaws.
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you would never reference an organization who's mission includes "the value of personal freedom, free enterprise, property rights, limited government and sound money" but you will in order to criticize an examination of race in America from the left?
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