The New York Times Magazine

I printed the entire website out as a PDF and read it like a book. I don’t have a whole lot to say about this compilation of essays other than I learned so much and reading it gave me an incredible amount of information and opinions to ruminate on. My mind is reeling a bit from reading this and also at the same time from many of the recent news items related to George Floyd in Minneapolis and Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, GA.

But there is also, of course, the usual detractors for this compilation with noted historians that wrote the NYT of inaccuracies in her journalism. Some of the most noted websites I read about this compilation are:

These Black Scholars and Leaders Rebuke 1619 Project’s Narrative of Victimhood
What Libertarian Overreactions to the 1619 Project Say About America
Slavery In America Did Not Begin In 1619, And Other Things The New York Times Gets Wrong

There is also a podcast on the same topic that I haven’t listened to yet but it’s on my queue.… (más)

Slavery in the United States and its continuing impact on American society is the focus of this collection of essays. It’s supplemented and reinforced by poetic, literary, and artistic reflections by African American artists. While what happened before is the starting point for these insights, the emphasis is on how it is still shaping the way we do business and relate to each other. It accounts for how we live now, including racism, mass incarceration, poor dietary habits and traffic jams. It’s a sobering reflection on American History and our current civic life.… (más)