Nikole Hannah-Jones Responds To Republican Efforts To Censor 1619 Project

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Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones told CNN Republican attempts to censor the "1619 Project" are "about trying to prohibit the teaching of ideas they don’t like." https://huffpost.com/entry/nikole-hannah-jones-responds-to-ongoing-republican-efforts-to-censor-1619-project_n_609055d3e4b0c15313f7223b… # via @blackvoices

Nikole Hannah-Jones Responds To Republican Efforts To Censor 1619 Project
The Pulitzer-winning journalist said efforts to censor the project, which examines American racism since 1619, are about "trying to prohibit the teaching...
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5:44 PM · May 3, 2021

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nikole-hannah-jones-responds-to-ongoing-republican-efforts-to-censor-1619-project_n_609055d3e4b0c15313f7223b

Nikole Hannah-Jones responded to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) recent request to the Secretary of Education to deny funding to schools that teach the findings of the 1619 Project she helmed with The New York Times, which focused on slavery, anti-Black racism and the foundational role both have played throughout American history.

McConnell justified his request for censorship by baselessly claiming “American pride has plummeted to its lowest level in 20 years,” and that the Pulitzer-winning 1619 Project and other examinations of racism throughout U.S. history subject Americans to “a drumbeat of revisionism and negativity.”

In a Monday CNN interview, Hannah-Jones corrected McConnell and reiterated the 2019 project’s intent as outlined in her introductory essay.

“In fact, what I say is that despite everything this country has done to Black Americans — that Black Americans have seen the worst of America, and yet still believe in its best,” she said.

Hannah-Jones said McConnell’s effort to censor her project is a “freedom of speech issue,” and she said she was surprised more free speech advocates weren’t denouncing the effort.

“This is not about the facts of history — it’s about trying to prohibit the teaching of ideas they don’t like,” she said.

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