On January 26th, the documentary series on “1619 project” will be available for streaming on Hulu. I am looking forward to watching it this weekend. While reading up on all the controversy surrounding this book, found this article in The Atlantic that describes it very well.
@Parag Last company i worked was a K12 content provider. The amount of batshit insane drama states like Florida imposed upon this specific 1619 project was ridiculous. I led an entire project with many folks dedicated to provide options for districts to filter out 1619project from curriculum because schools were being denied state funding $$$ if they included any part of it their curriculum. It was so heart breaking talking to well intentioned administrators and teachers who were exasperated. Heck in some areas of Texas a parent could complain against a teacher for talking about 1619, and the teacher could be fined 10000$ for it. The way republicans are ruining every ounce & fabric of society in this country just makes my blood boil.
@supremus @parag The frustrating part was that critical race theory isn't even part of the school curriculum anywhere in the country. It's a college course in some liberal arts colleges. But hey, Republicans now only know how to win using culture wars. The hidden agenda is to discourage any talk of diversity, equity, and inclusion so as to preserve white supremacy. Ergo proving the central thesis of the 1619 Project.
@pratik @parag Even in super well educated norther virginia, Glenn Youngkin swayed voters in suburbs because white parents were so worried about critical race theory in schools. Shocker: CRT is not taught anywhere in northern virgina or VA. If educated ppl are so fucking dumb, I can only imagine all how ppl in southern states consume misinformation.
@pratik @supremus Yes! This is a perfect example of how conspiracy theories and misinformation is used by politicians and their proxies.
@Parag @supremus I highly recommend John Rawl’s A Theory of Justice. He draws a distinction between fairness and justice. I’m sure Ashwini will read it before her senior year.
The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.