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President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would implore the Department of Education to investigate schools using The New York Times’ 1619 project, which teaches American history beginning with the arrival of slaves to Virginia in the year 1619 and focuses on the contributions of Black Americans.

“california has implemented the 1619 project into the public schools. soon you wont recognize america,” a Twitter user claimed in a tweet on September 1. Five days later, on Sunday, the president tweeted the message, writing “Department of Education is looking at this. If so, they will not be funded!” . . .

“The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery,” according to The New York Times. “It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.”

In May, New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for her work on the 1619 Project. The project has drawn backlash from conservatives, who have “accused the writers of stoking racial division, pushing their leftist ideologies, and rewriting history through ‘a racial lens’ — meaning through the point of view of Black Americans,” as Vox’s J. Brian Charles wrote last year. . . .

“But the debates playing out now on social media and in op-eds between supporters and detractors of the 1619 Project misrepresent both the historical record and the historical profession,” Leslie M. Jones, a Northwestern University historian, wrote for Politico in March. “The United States was not, in fact, founded to protect slavery—but the Times is right that slavery was central to its story. And the argument among historians, while real, is hardly black and white.”

Trump’s tweet comes exactly one week after an editorial in The Wall Street Journal titled “California’s Radical Indoctrination,” published August 30, targeting California state legislation AB 331, which would require all school districts in the state to offer a semester-long ethnic studies course beginning in 2025.

“The largest state in the union is poised to become one of the first to mandate ethnic studies for all high-school students, and the model curriculum makes the radical ‘1619 project’ look moderate and balanced,” The Wall Street Journal editorial board said.

The president’s Sunday announcement also comes two days after a Friday announcement that he directed federal agencies to cease anti-racism training that involved critical race theory. The theory, according to Britannica, centers around the idea that race is a social construct “used by white people to further their economic and political interests” at the expense of minority groups.

“The divisive, false, and demeaning propaganda of the critical race theory movement is contrary to all we stand for as Americans and should have no place in the federal government,” said Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, in a Friday memo announcing. the prohibition.

As Business Insider previously reported, it’s unclear whether these trainings exist within the federal government and to what extent. Likewise, it’s not clear whether any school districts in California or otherwise have incorporated elements of the 1619 project, as CNN reported.

Following the publication of the project, The New York Times partnered with the Pulitzer Center to develop free-to-download educational resources for teachers based on the project, according to the report. GOP Sen. Tom Cotton in July introduced legislation to prevent schools from teaching the curriculum, CNN noted.

(Excerpt from Business Insider. Article by Connor Perrett. Photo Credit: Unsplash.)

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Delois
September 11, 2020

Thank the Lord that he is giving us truth and revealing the hidden, evil things such as the 1619 project. Thank God that we have a president who is brave enough to take charge in removing these lies from the school system. Father, please, in Jesus name, reveal all the dark things that need to be seen so that they can be stopped. Truth and revelation!

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Darlene Estlow
September 11, 2020

Thank you for this article. Father, bring truth to our schools and overcome the lies that lead young people to hate our country. May the knowledge of you cover our nation and the enemy be defeated.

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Mel Teoh
September 11, 2020

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for this article. Thank You that nothing surprise You. Thank You that You can fix anything that we have done wrong. Thank You for Your word in Genesis 18:26 (NLT) “And the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”

Father God, we are not Moses and we are righteous because the blood of Jesus cover us. We are grateful Father for that Grace. Therefore, because of the Grace that You offer freely thru Jesus Christ, we dare to ask You to help the Department of Education not only to defund this NYT Project 1619 but to get to the bottom of it by bringing to justice those who are funding this project and please dry up the financial resources of the NYT so that they are done as an establishment.

It’s time for Christians to take back America, city by city, state by state so that all are Red states as the Blood of Jesus covers America.

Father God, Your will be done. In Jesus’ Name we pray and thank You. Amen.

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