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"President Donald Trump’s second term has swung a wrecking ball at diversity,
equity, and inclusion policies and programs throughout the country. Few writers
seem better suited to explain this unique moment in America than Nikole
Hannah-Jones.
A
New York Times journalist and Howard University professor, Hannah-Jones has
spent years studying and shaping compelling—and at times
controversial—narratives about American history. In 2019, she created
The 1619
Project, a series of stories and essays that placed the first slave ship that
arrived in Virginia at the center of the US’ origin story. Today, the Trump
administration is pushing against that kind of historical reframing while
dismantling federal policies designed to address structural racism.
Hannah-Jones says she’s been stunned by the speed of Trump’s first few months.
“We haven’t seen the federal government weaponized against civil rights in this
way” since the turn of the century, Hannah-Jones says. “We’ve not lived in this
America before. And we are experiencing something that, if you study history,
it’s not unpredictable, yet it’s still shocking that we’re here.”
On this week’s episode of
More To The Story, host Al Letson talks to
Hannah-Jones about the rollback of DEI and civil rights programs across the
country, the ongoing battle to reframe American history, and whether this will
lead to another moment of rebirth for Black Americans."
Via Whuffo and Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics