Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times correspondent and the visionary behind its ambitious examination of racial issues stemming from the 1619 arrival of enslaved people in the English colonies, isn't the least bit surprised by the meltdown among white conservatives reacting to her recasting American history with African Americans and slavery at the forefront.
“The whole reason we did the project in the first place is because our society has been unwilling to grapple with the legacy of slavery, with the centrality of slavery to the development of the United States,” Hannah-Jones said in an interview Monday on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes. “So this isn't shocking to me.”
Read Full Article »