Controversial ‘1619 Project’ author Nikole Hannah-Jones lectures city public school kids about ‘antiracism’
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Controversial New York Times columnist Nikole Hannah-Jones took time away from her busy schedule at the Gray Lady to lecture Brooklyn school kids about the importance of “anti-racism” and “restorative justice” — and warn them that black and Latino kids will face disproportionate punishment at school.
Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on the paper’s much-criticized 1619 Project, spoke this week at MS 266 in Park Slope.
“Racism is impacting our society whether we talk about it or not,” Hannah-Jones said, reiterating a core tenet of anti-racist, left-wing ideology, which is determined to place race at the center of all social interactions.
“Because we have a society where race plays such a major role across our educational system … we know that black and Latino students disproportionately face discipline even when they’re behaving the same way as white students,” Hannah-Jones said.
The conversation between Hannah-Jones and students was recorded and played for parents during a Zoom town hall this week.
The town hall was led by School District 13 superintendent Meghan Dunn and Jalinda Cilien, a speech and language therapist.
Before Hannah-Jones spoke Cilien led parents in a “land acknowledgment of the Lenape people” and offered a happy women’s month “to everyone who identifies as such.”
Though Hannah-Jones works as a New York Times magazine columnist, she has not produced a single piece for the paper since February 2023 — and only three published articles since 2020.
The 1619 Project was an effort to reframe the founding of America as a political project dedicated to advancing slavery.
The revisionist history has been attacked by a range of scholars as inaccurate.
The Times has also taken heat in the past for adding stealth corrections.
