by Mark Moore, New York Post
The 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones told NBC Sunday, “I don’t really understand this idea that parents should decide what’s being taught.”
The 1619 Project contends that America’s founding was predicated on a desire to preserve slavery. Despite objections to the premise by prominent historians, including those on the Left, the Pulitzer Center has turned the series into a controversial school curriculum, which is regularly promoted by The New York Times.
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Hannah-Jones blamed parents’ opposition to the curriculum on racism. “I would say the governor’s race in Virginia was decided based on the success of a right-wing propaganda campaign that told white parents that they needed to fight against their children being indoctrinated as race — as being called racists.”