The 1619 Project is a dasterdly perversion. Even illiberal academics have slammed it as a distortion at best, revisionist and vile at worst. The problem is that in our current politcal correct culture proponents are guilt shaming school systems into using it and unsupervised, unchecked teachers are bringing it into classrooms without the knowledge of parents or principals.
It matters.
It's why I am posting this and why you ought to buy the book, 1620 by my guest today, Peter Wood. Please go to the podcast page after the show and listen to the segment.
It matters.