know anything about 1619. i did not know the significance of that year. turns out that that is the year in which 20 enslavd africans privileged in virginia and beginning of an era of legacy of slavery in the united states. and so i invited the author of that, the co-founders of that project to talk about it. and my mind was blown. nicole opened my eyes to things that i did not know. and my reaction at the time was that this is amazing. you've taught me something that i didn't know. you reframed my history. it never occurred too me that you were making people feel bad, but it has turned on out to be a lightning rod. and she is creator of the 1619 project and coed either tore of