Posted on 03/02/2020 9:46:53 AM PST by karpov
It isn’t an overstatement to describe The New York Times’ 1619 Project as a journalistic declaration of war against America. Many of the project’s historical claims are downright fabrications — but in the most decisive respect, that’s besides the point.
The project’s leader, Nikole Hannah-Jones, has tried to brush off the criticism of many distinguished historians by claiming that such disagreement is how historiography always proceeds — as we learn progressively more, a new “narrative” challenges old ones.
The 1619 Project, however, isn’t about new historical scholarship, and insofar as journalism is about the quest for truth, it isn’t quite journalism, either. As eminent scholars and stalwart liberals, such as Princeton University’s Sean Wilentz, have pointed out, the project makes utterly preposterous claims — above all, the notion that protecting slavery was a central motivation in launching the Revolutionary War and thus the American project.
Make no mistake — 1619 is a political project, aimed at piercing the heart of the US regime by overturning the American understanding of justice. As James Madison said, “Justice is the end of government,” it is “the end of civil society.” We seek justice “until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” To transform America, you have first to destroy its understanding of justice.
American justice is based on the understanding that while we are all unequal in many respects — talents, beauty, strength, discipline and so on — our fundamental equality as human beings means that all citizens should be treated equally under the law. And law should be ordered toward the common good of all, rather than classes or groups.
That understanding is embodied in the principles of the Declaration of Independence of 1776.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
This 1619 “project” is nothing more than the groundwork being laid for resperations. It’s an evil tactic by the communist subversives. The Bible says that the sins of the father shall not be visited on the son. Not to mention that slave owners were a minority of whites. So the commies can go fck themselves.
Listing all of the areas where the New York Times puts integrity and honesty on full display would take up so little band width, that it would easily fit into a Twitter post with tons of room to spare.
The bastards have gotten thIS BS into over 3,000 schools.
and at our higher university here in Salisbury.
The Education (so called) Establishment which I refer to as The Edutocracy has a strong foothold in the United States and abetted by State Constitutions giving them control over Education in each state. Even if one were to try and provide n alternative in most cases the funding for them still flows through the Bureaucracy of the Government School System. They can and do impose restrictions of hiring only Union Teachers, only using Public School curriculum and other barriers to impede people from an alternative.
This is why the SOTU was the right platform for the President to speak about “Opportunity Scholarships” that allow recipients to attend a school of their choice with the scholarship paying for the cost. People missed the importance of the young lady that was pointed out with her mother and that she had been given one. She was black and I know from extensive research that the poorest schools with the worst teachers are most typical in black neighborhoods.
I lived in Chicago for over 15 years and maintain a lot of contacts there to this day. It is still true and worse the CPS is a strong union shop and at least in the city has a death grip on what happens, and no recourse for families and students.
To your post gibsonguy this kind of nonsense and crap is embraced by them fully, indoctrinating generation after generation into this “victim” mindset
Bastards indeed!
‘The bastards have gotten thIS BS into over 3,000 schools.’
indeed; this ship has sailed...
Dishonest? Not spin, walk back or any other fill-in-the-blank euphemism substituted for LIE?
The lie is the WEAPON used most often by the criminal. Witness events daily.
IDENTIFY the criminals.
I really trust a publication that practically ignored the Holocaust to give us valid and meaningful history lessons.
“Poorest schools” has only a vague relationship to the money spent on the schools per student.
Chicago’s average class of 25 costs $397k.
My bad. That’s for SD299 in Chicago. Not for the whole.
bttt
My bad. That’s for SD299 in Chicago. Not for the whole.
"It is an incontestable fact of history that the United States, although a multiethnic nation, derives its language, mores, political purposes, and institutions from Great Britain. The two nations share a common history, religious heritage, pattern of law and politics, and a body of great literature. Yet, America cannot be wholly confident that this heritage will endure forever. Declining standards in education and the strident claims of multiculturalists threaten to sever the vital Anglo-American link that ensures cultural order and continuity. In America's British Culture, now in paperback, Russell Kirk offers a brilliant summary account and spirited defense of the culture that the people of the United States have inherited from Great Britain.
"Kirk discerns four essential areas of influence. The language and literature of England carried with it a tradition of liberty and order as well as certain assumptions about the human condition and ethical conduct. American common and positive law, being derived from English law, gives fuller protection to the individual than does the legal system of any other country. The American form of representative government is patterned on the English parliamentary system. Finally, there is the body of mores--moral habits, be-liefs, conventions, customs--that compose an ethical heritage. Elegantly written and deeply learned, America's British Culture is an insightful inquiry into history and a plea for cultural renewal and continuity.
"Adam De Vore in The Michigan Review said of the book: "A compact but stimulating tracta contribution to an overdue cultural renewal and reinvigoration. Kirk evinces an increasingly uncommon reverence for historical accuracy, academic integrity and the understanding of one's cultural heritage," and Merrie Cave in The Salisbury Review said of the author: "Russell Kirk has been one of the most important influences in the revival of American conservatism since the fifties. [Kirk] belongs to an almost extinct species on both sides of the Atlantic--an independent man of letters."
Yes, and it is not unusual for a teacher in the CPS to make over $100 K per year
I attended school there, in particular a very highly rated and selective admission one called Lane Tech. All of the teachers had worked in the field they taught, it was also a vocational school
More recently they scotched the shop classes and went into some computer stuff but it is still the best HS in the CPS system
So to your comment, I know a lot about both the model as well as the student population. Where I went we drew from across the city and our population covered every demographic.
CPS is a mess and they know it and do not care, just pay the Union Members and there is no passion for excellence anymore
The relationship is not vague as you posit, it is tangible
And they still turn out lower scoring students...
Bang for the buck
My point is that level of funding is not determinative of the level of education the students at a school receive. It is not wholly irrelevant, but it is at least the 4th or 5th item on the list - as is suggested by several points in your response.
Agree completely
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