it discourages or outlaws schools from teaching about systemic racism. it removes black and indigenous history from curricula. it glosses over the darkest parts of our national history. it claims encouraging people to consider race and systems of oppression is, in itself, a form of discrimination. pretending we can ignore race, pretending we can ignore the anti-black systems on which this country was built, is a disservice to us and threatens our democratic system to its very core. joining us now is the singular nikole hannah-jones, creator of the 1619 project and founder of the center for journalism and democracy at howard university. that was a lot. i remember when you first published this, before the book came out, you and i talked in this building and it was really remarkable and interesting, but i don t think any of us were thinking this is how it was going to unfold. i know. it has been five years, which
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