Literary Non Fiction: The 1619 Project
This book struck a nerve. Perhaps that is why there has been this hyper vigilant manufactured hand wringing over CRT. It started when the esteemed Journalist and Professor, Nikole Hannah-Jones used her research and inquisitive skills honed though a stellar career to ask the fundamental questions about 1619. She called it a new origin story and through first and second person research, set out to tell the story of America. The New York Times Magazine feature was well read and well regarded by so many. I was a newly minted M.Div when the magazine came out in August 2019 and being in the Midwest, was not able to pick up a paper copy. I read excerpts of it online and followed the Twitter posts. I was intrigued. Then 2020 happened. First the pandemic. Then the murder(s). Then the protests. Then the panic. Then the backlash. Then the election. Then the big lie. Then, then, then. And in 2021, there became this dog whistling even louder of CRT. Mind you, this is a graduate level, doctoral