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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Feb-2022 19:08:13 EST lnxw48a1

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html [www nytimes com]

Bought "1619" books for #sonOne and #sonTwo. And me. And my mom. Now #GD1 and #GD2 have read a related book. We're hoping to have a #videochat where we talk about some of the ideas and stories.
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1. The 1619 Project (Published 2019)
  
  American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country’s true origin.
1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Feb-2022 19:12:18 EST lnxw48a1
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  See also: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/ [www theatlantic com]
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  1. The Fight Over the 1619 Project Is Not About the Facts
    
    from The Atlantic
    
    A dispute between a small group of scholars and the authors of The New York Times Magazine’s issue on slavery represents a fundamental disagreement over the trajectory of American society.

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