THEYVE BEEN USING PART OF THE
SHOW TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING,
EGREGIOUS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
TO DENY, I HAD TO PASS THE MIKE
AND LET MY FRIEND TA-NEHISI
COATES BREAK IT DOWN.
>> TO CHANGE VOTING LAWS SO AS
TO FAVOR DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
SUPPORTERS, BUT THE ASSAULT ON
DEMOCRACY GOES BEYOND THE BALLOT
BOX.
LAST YEAR, PRESIDENT TRUMP
ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR
THE 1776 COMMISSION WHICH HE
OFFERED UP AS A REBUKE TO THE
1619 PROJECT.
TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST
DECORATED JOURNALISTS, NIKOLA
HANNAH-JONES, IT SOUGHT TO
EXPOSE THE EXPERIMENTS ORIGINS
IN THE LABORATORY OF SLAVERY.
TRUMPS REBUKE WAS NOT A PRIVATE
EFFORT, BUT ONE THAT ENJOYED THE
SPONSORSHIP OF THE STATE. PERHAPS BECAUSE OF CERTAIN CLASS
PERHAPS BECAUSE OF CERTAIN CLASS
OF PUNDITS STILL FAILS TO REGARD
TRUMPS, AND THE ASSAULT OF THE
FREE PRESS WAS MUTED AND THE
IMPORT OF TRUMPS ACTIONS IS
CLEAR.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A WAVE OF
BILLS HAVE SOUGHT TO BAN THE
1619 PROJECT, CRITICAL RACE
THEORY AND OTHER, QUOTE,
DIVISIVE CONCEPTS, UNQUOTE, FROM
THE PUBLIC SPHERE.
THIS ASSAULT COMES AT A MOMENT
WHEN MANY AMERICANS ARE
REALIZING THAT THEY DO NOT LIVE
IN THE COUNTRY THEY WERE RAISED
TO BELIEVE IN.
THE JANUARY 6th ATTACK ON THE
CAPITOL, THE DEPLOYMENT OF
SECRET POLICE TO PORTLAND AND
THE CONSTANT B-ROLL OF PLAQUE
PEOPLE SHOT AND TASED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAS SHOCKED THE
CONSCIENCE OF THOSE WHO
SINCERELY ONCE THOUGHT
THEMSELVES TO BE BORN INTO THE
WORLDS OLDEST DEMOCRACY.
THE SHOCK, ALONG WITH THE WORK
OF COUNTLESS, WRITERS,
HISTORIAN, SOCIOLOGISTS AND
OTHER ACADEMICS IS A BROAD
REVISITING OF THE AMERICAN
STORY.
IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT THE
CREATION OF AMERICA REQUIRED NOT
ONLY THE THEFT OF LABOR AND
LAND, BUT A NATIONAL MYTH WHICH
WE MADE PIRATES INTO PATRIOTS.
THIS LONG-HELD NATIONAL MYTH IS
NOT SERVED BY THE RECENT
RECKONING.
IT ISNT SERVED BY REMEMBERING
THOMAS JEFFERSON FOR INSTANCE AS
A MAN WHO RAN UP SO MUCH DEBT IN
HIS LIFETIME THAT THOSE HE
ENSLAVED HAD TO BE SOLD OFF AT
HIS DEATH IN ORDER TO SETTLE HIS
ACCOUNTS, AND YET, UNDERSTANDING
THAT JEFFERSONS CAREER AS A
SLAVE HOLDER, AT THE BEQUEST OF
A FOUNDING FATHER DOES MUCH TO
EXPLAIN THE ACTIONS OF HIS
PROJECT, THIS UNDERSTANDING
CANT BE ALLOWED TO PROSPER,
HOWEVER, FOR WHITE POWER CAN
ONLY RETAIN ITS PRIVILEGE IN OUR
POLITICAL SYSTEM IF IT CAN TELL
ITSELF A STORY.
THIS WEEK THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL, A
PUBLIC INSTITUTION, TOOK THE
UNPRECEDENTED STEP OF RESCINDING
AN OFFER OF TENURE FOR
HANNAH-JONES AT THE BEHEST OF
TRUSTEES.
HAN NA-JONES 1619 PROJECT HAS
ENJOYED ITS SHARE OF CRITIQUE
WHICH IS AS IT SHOULD BE, THE
LONGSTANDING NATIONAL IDEA
DESERVE TO BE, WHAT THEY DO NOT
DESERVE IS A CENSURE AND
SILENCING OF THE STATE.
I AM NOT SPEAKING OF
CANCELLATION AS CULTURE, BUT AS
PUBLIC POLICY.
THE PRESENT ATTACKS ON THE 1619
PROJECT AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY
ARE NOT BEING WAGED THROUGH
TWITTER, BUT THROUGH WAS OFFICES
OF 19 STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS
AND THE LEGISLATIONS OF AT LEAST
SIX STATES AND THE HEADQUARTERS
OF 23 SENATORS INCLUDING THE
SENATE MINORITY LEADER.
THE SCOPE OF THIS ATTACK GOES
BEYOND JOURNALISM AND HISTORY.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP USED HIS
OFFICE TO BULLY THE NFL INTO
DEPRIVING COLIN KAEPERNICK OF
HIS CAREER, THAT WAS
CANCELLATIONIST POLICY.
WHEN THE LEGISLATURES OF FLORIDA
AND KENTUCKY MOVED TO OUTLAW
PROTESTS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO
LEGALLY KILL THOSE WHO PERSIST,
IT IS CANCELLATIONIST POLICY,
TWITTER MOBS ARE BAD, BUT AN
ACTUAL MOB, BATED BY ELECTED
OFFICIALS INTO ATTEMPTING THE
VIOLENT OVERTHROW OF AN ELECTION
IS SOMETHING MORE.
IT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE US THAT A
HOARD, ADDICTED TO A NATIONAL
MYTH THAT PITCHED WHITE MEN AS
THE UNVARNISHED SAVIOR OF ALL
CIVILIAN IS NOT PRIME TO SHARE
THE COUNTRY THAT THEYVE BEEN
TAUGHT THAT THEY OWN.
IT IS MYTH THAT SAFRPTH PHIS
THAT
SANCTIFY THAT ACTION AND THEY
ATTACK THE VOTE TO PREVENT US
FROM ENACTING A BETTER WORLD.
THEY ATTACK THE HISTORY TO
PREVENT US FROM EVER IMAGINING
ONE. >> A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE JAMES
>> A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE JAMES
BALDWIN OF OUR TIME, TAN HISS-NE
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