Ilena SIlverman

Outstanding and wide-ranging look at some of the darkest aspects of American history and how they continue to affect the present. For those who have complained that the essays in this book draw questionable conclusions from the research -- please take a look at the historiography of the United States of American. Having grown up 'educated' from Lost Cause textbooks designed to create a certain image of the past that omits the voices of many who live here, I didn't start learning until I could deconstruct much of what had been indoctrinated. What's also helpful about the 1619 Project are the receipts provided by the authors, anticipating that many will question some of the conclusions drawn. The missed opportunities to build a country that extended the phrase, 'all (people) are created equal,' to everyone -- abandoned at the end of Reconstruction, the role of backlash in undoing progress, and systems designed to create separation and to support stereotypes of who belongs and who doesn't - all provide reasons to question what we thought we knew and to understand some of our misconceptions were by design.

Outstanding and important project. Those that want to eliminate it from the public discourse have, no doubt, an agenda that is far from honorable.… (mais)