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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

This essay is the mic drop 🎤 moment in the book for me. I don't know if it is because she made the best case I've read for reparations or if the power of the essay comes from acting as the culmination of the other pieces, or maybe both, but either way, it packed a punch.
Feel free to comment on the final essay or the book as a whole in this thread. As I said in my review, I want to put this book in everyone's hands. #1619GroupRead

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ChaoticMissAdventures I think learning so much from the other essays really sets the groundwork for people to be open to hearing what NHB has to say here. Add to that the way she lays it all out and you have an incredibly convincing argument (unless the reader is just a racist). 2y

staci.reads @ChaoticMissAdventures agreed! It felt like it all built up to her essay, especially the essay about inheritance. 2y

keithmalek This book is nonsense. It asserts that "one of the primary reasons why the colonists asserted their independence was to protect the institution of slavery." Five leading historians wrote to the Times, requesting that they retract this assertion and similar ones, saying that the project was motivated more by ideology than fact. The Times refused, but quietly walked back some of its claims later.

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

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I've been sitting on this one for a couple days trying to figure out an appropriate a way to review it. All I can come up with is, Wow.
I want to put this in the hands every person I know. I am glad to have read this doing a slow read for the #1619GroupRead so I could digest and process it all. It's a master class in under 600 pages.

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

#1619GroupRead Ibram Kendi pushes our discomfort in powerful ways in this essay. He strips away the crutch of pointing to "evidence" of racial progress as proof our nation is moving in the right way.
Sorry for the delayed post. Was celebrating Mother's Day and moving my son to his first apartment ?

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

#1619GroupRead Another short essay this week, but feel free to also reflect on the supplemental pieces "Rainbows Aren't Real, Are They?" Kiese Laymon's short memoir on hearing Jesse Jackson speak of The Rainbow Coalition, and Gregory Pardlo's poem about the 1985 bombing of the MOVE rowhouse in Philadelphia. Only two chapters left to reach the end of this powerful book.

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staci.reads I had to dive in a little more after reading the poem about the police standoff with MOVE because, once again, it was history I had never heard. The story is appalling, including how the aftermath amd remains were handled. Here's a New Yorker article that tells much more for anyone interested https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/saying-her-name 3y

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MallenNC I had only a surface awareness of the MOVE bombing so I‘ll definitely read the piece you shared. The writer of the New Yorker article wrote a great book about the Attica prison riots. 3y

MallenNC My thought on the Traffic chapter was that it was a very clear example of how decisions driven by racism hurt everyone. The traffic and transportation in Atlanta are such huge headaches and it didn‘t have to be that way. Also building road projects through Black neighborhoods. That happened here in N.C. when Durham‘s Black Wall Street was destroyed by a new freeway. This chapter gave me a lot to think about. 3y

staci.reads @MallenNC Me too. I just commented on the #shesaid post about how Garza shared that the San Francisco subway doesn't serve Bayfield Hunter's Point and cuts members of that community off from job possibilities. It reminded me of "Traffic" and the Atlanta example. 3y

ChaoticMissAdventures I had never heard of the MOVE bombing and as I often do I got angry that these histories have to be so searched for, for many Americans. We can never understand our history 200 years ago or 50 unless we understand what happened and why. 3y

ChaoticMissAdventures Traffic, while I knew about these topics it is always good to be reminded. A city in Kansas just passed a no cohabitation bill where no more than 3 unrelated adults cannot live together. So many blatant laws passed to keep people from getting ahead. A great book for further reading

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

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staci.reads @ChaoticMissAdventures I had not heard about the cohabitation bill...unbelievable. I've heard great things about The Color of Law. It's on my tbr! 3y

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

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This stuck with me most out of this entire book of short essays, poems and historical contexts. There‘s a lot to digest here. This is not an “alternative history”, but a history that‘s been buried so deep. Very eye-opening. Wide expanse of information through many well known themes (religion, democracy, etc.) that take you through 400s yr since slavery (actually) came to America. Through many varying views. Required college read
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keithmalek This book is nonsense. It asserts that "one of the primary reasons why the colonists asserted their independence was to protect the institution of slavery." Five leading historians wrote to the Times, requesting that they retract this assertion and similar ones, saying that the project was motivated more by ideology than fact. The Times refused, but quietly walked back some of its claims later.

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

A short essay this week with ties to a few previous essays. #1619GroupRead we're down to three more essay after this week. It's been a powerful journey, and I'm looking forward to seeing which essays close it out.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I really need to spend some time and catch up here, I‘ve fallen a bit behind 3y

MallenNC This one was another reminder that so many of our biggest challenges in the US can be traced to racism. And that if people would vote in their best interests instead, it would benefit everyone. 3y

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

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MallenNC This chapter reminded me of a section in A Little Devil in America, which also talked about minstrel shows. (He also talked about Whitney Houston, who is mentioned here too.) I thought this chapter made a strong point about white audiences wanting Black music but without rewarding Black artists. Minstrel shows are an extreme example of that. 3y

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staci.reads @MallenNC Thanks for the book reference. I just added it to my tbr list. It looks like it's had great reviews! 3y

staci.reads @MallenNC This one was one of my favorite essays, so I'm looking forward to diving in more deeply. Your comment reminded me of the line in the essay "Loving Black culture has never demanded a corresponding love of Black people." 3y

MallenNC @staci.reads I liked this one a lot too. I had just listened to Questlove‘s book, Music is History, so the timing of it was good. 3y

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

#1619GroupRead This chapter took a look at the importance of Black churches in the struggle against oppression. Butler says "The style of the Black church that developed following the Great Awakening and in the antebellum period as one of prophetic witness to the moral outrage of racism in America. It was the rhetoric of dissent..." Butler also shows how this has historically made Black churches targets for violence.

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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

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Singout I haven‘t read every chapter of this book, but made time for this one because of my interest in faith and justice, and liberation theology. It does an amazing job of covering the long and complex history, much of which I didn‘t know, about the intersections and tensions. I found the passages about what was happening in the 60s and 70s particularly interesting, and the leadership of the church in the late 1700s. The poem was gut wrenching. 3y

staci.reads @Megabooks Thanks for sharing that rec! 3y

staci.reads @Singout I also found it interesting to read about the crisis of conscience churches faced during that time. 3y

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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service

Hoping to make progress on these during the #awesomeapril readathon 🌈

🐣#LMPBC Happy & You Know it
🐣#FoodandLit The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba
🐣#1619GroupRead
🐣 Cazadora

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Andrew65 Good luck, and hope you enjoy it 😊👍 3y

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

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Lots to unpack in this short essay. Also interesting to read at the same time I was reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - so many connections.

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staci.reads This was the first time I had come across the term "weathering" in this context. We know what chronic stress does to the body, so I'd be interested to learn more about Professor Geronimus's research. 3y

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TheBookHippie @staci.reads I read several articles about this underlying pervasive stress on the bodies of Black and Brown people and why the pandemic hit that community so hard. Several layering reasons but all true and so gut wrenching to me. 3y

MallenNC I remembered reading about Dr. Moore‘s story from earlier in the pandemic. It was infuriating that she was ignored and so sad that she knew what was likely to happen. I thought the refrain of “This is how Black people get killed” was very powerful. 3y

MallenNC Last year I read this memoir of a Black doctor about his medical training at Duke. It included some of the info in this chapter also.

Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine

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BarbaraTheBibliophage There are so many good books for more reading on this topic. I appreciated the overview and the depth of this essay. I‘m curious about what will be in the upcoming chapter Healthcare. 3y

ravenlee @staci.reads I‘ve fallen behind with the readings and am unlikely to catch up anytime soon. I‘m sorry to leave, but can you take me off the tag list? I‘ll read on my own until/unless I can get back with the group. Thanks! 3y

staci.reads @ravenlee no worries - there's always too much to read and too little time! I've removed you from the list. 3y

ravenlee Thanks - life is constantly getting in the way of reading! 3y

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