I found this New York Times podcast by chance, as I was walking around in the city, and having just finished a book. I have no idea what it was and who Nikole Hannah-Jones was. First, I like her voice a lot so I kept on listening. Then the content grabbed me.<\/p>\n
…Lincoln got right to it. He informed his guests that he had gotten Congress to appropriate funds to ship black people, once freed, to another country.<\/p>\n
“Why should they leave this country? This is, perhaps, the first question for proper consideration,” Lincoln told them. “You and we are different races. … Your race suffer very greatly, many of them, by living among us, while ours suffer from your presence. In a word, we suffer on each side.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Wow … from her voice, I know she’s an African American. So I thought she knew something deep and wide. I kept on walking, and went into Central Park, eventually finish the podcast.<\/p>\n
… slavery helped fuel the Revolution \u00a0<\/sup>\u2026 anti-black racism runs in the very DNA of this country …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I would soon learn that this piece was very controversial. A few historians would pen an open letter, citing inaccuracy, etc. The author would claim the fact and objectivity … \u00a0A book would be produced.<\/p>\n
America was founded on the ideal of democracy. Black people fought to make it one. \u201c1619\u201d is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. nytimes.com\/1619podcast<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I found this New York Times podcast by chance, as I was walking around in the city, and having just finished a book. I have…<\/p>\n