Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell sent a letter to the Department of Education, objecting to the implementation of the 1619 Project in American schools.
The Project is a dishonest portrayal of U.S. history that is both anti-American and racist. It’s not all that different from the dark, communist Howard Zinn version.
The author, Nikole Hannah-Jones appeared on CNN to object. She actually claims her right to teach this fraudulent version of history is a free speech issue.
Hannah-Jones herself has admitted that the 1619 Project is not about history. Itโs a way to control the narrative nationally.
THE LETTER
In McConnellโs letter to Secretary Cardona, he wrote that he was expressing his โgrave concernโ with the department transforming history and Civics into a โpoliticized and divisive agendaโฆโ
He encouraged Cardona to strengthen history and civics instead of โyour Progressive Priorities double down on divisive, radical, and historically-dubious buzzwords and propagandaโฆโ
McConnell noted that โFamilies did not ask for this divisive nonsense. Voters did not vote for it. Americans never decided our children should be taught that our country is inherently evil. If your Administration had proposed actual legislation instead of trying to do this quietly through the Federal Register, that legislation would not pass Congress.โ
McConnell is absolutely correct.
FREE SPEECH ISSUE???
Hannah-Jones, the woman who has called white people “bloodsuckers,” gave a ridiculous response on CNN. She made it into a free speech issue and thatโs truly a dishonest twisting of reality.
After talking about the intent of her project, she went into her spiel.
โIn fact, what I say is that despite everything this country has done to Black Americans โ that Black Americans have seen the worst of America, and yet still believe in its best,โ she said.
Hannah-Jones said McConnellโs effort to censor her project is a โfreedom of speech issue,โ and she said she was surprised more free speech advocates werenโt denouncing the effort.
โThis is not about the facts of history โ itโs about trying to prohibit the teaching of ideas they donโt like,โ she said.
Itโs about trying to prevent lies created by Jones from being taught to children. The same way we donโt teach kids that dinosaurs and men roamed the earth together, we shouldnโt teach them the 1619 Project https://t.co/36oHbVbJS9
โ Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) May 3, 2021
1619 Project creator @nhannahjones on efforts to ban making it part of school curriculums: โThis is fundamentally a free speech issue โฆ Itโs not about the facts of history. Itโs about trying to prohibit the teaching of ideas that they donโt like.” pic.twitter.com/GcP5GpY2eX
โ Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 3, 2021
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