Don't take this personally, it's what the New York Times does.
When it published the 1619 Project, the Times pretended that the past 75 years of scholarship on the history of early America didn't exist. Until Nicole Hannah-Jones and the NYT arrived on the scene to finally, FINALLY point out to us all the existence of slavery in the American colonies, historical scholarship was basically just Parson Weems and the Dunning School. That's why no one ever heard about American slavery in school or books.
First of all, I’d like to say I’m sorry the NYT is trying to kill you. That sucks and has to be unnerving. Maybe I am misunderstanding the whole point of both articles but….Critiquing a musical because it’s not historically correct, is like criticizing a painting because it’s not a photograph. Not getting into all the ins and outs of the historical record while trying to put it into verse, rhyme everything and put it to music so it can be rapped and or sung, in my opinion can be forgiven. But what do I know I’m just a guy who pounds nails and builds things for a living.
Don't take this personally, it's what the New York Times does.
When it published the 1619 Project, the Times pretended that the past 75 years of scholarship on the history of early America didn't exist. Until Nicole Hannah-Jones and the NYT arrived on the scene to finally, FINALLY point out to us all the existence of slavery in the American colonies, historical scholarship was basically just Parson Weems and the Dunning School. That's why no one ever heard about American slavery in school or books.
First of all, I’d like to say I’m sorry the NYT is trying to kill you. That sucks and has to be unnerving. Maybe I am misunderstanding the whole point of both articles but….Critiquing a musical because it’s not historically correct, is like criticizing a painting because it’s not a photograph. Not getting into all the ins and outs of the historical record while trying to put it into verse, rhyme everything and put it to music so it can be rapped and or sung, in my opinion can be forgiven. But what do I know I’m just a guy who pounds nails and builds things for a living.