The new 1619 Project put out by the New York Times has both been incredibly popular and very controversial. The project observes the 400th Anniversary of arrival of the first slaves in Virginia. Last week’s Slate Political Gabfest devoted its first twenty minutes to the 1619 Project. The discussion involves Wesley Morris of the New York Times who is participating in the project. You can listen below:
The discussion of 1619 is in the first 20 minutes of the show. There is some discussion of modern politics for those of you who don’t like to listen to discussion of anything that happened after 1877.
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