All tagged American history
On the inaugural episode of The Next Question, New York Times journalist and MacArthur Genius, Nikole Hannah-Jones, joins the hosts in an eye-opening conversation about the state of education in America and the threads of segregation that still plague this public good.
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of working with the policies and system we have in place, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it.
My work and the work of many others is very much invested in telling the stories of communities that have been marginalized, that have been caged up, that have been locked out, that have been enslaved, and bringing our story, and our experience, to the center of the American narrative and helping us to change the American future with those stories.
Reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the 1619 Project. The project aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of who we are.
The 1619 Project aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.
