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The 1619 Project
A New Origin Story
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I want everyone to I want to repeat that everyone to internalize that the the 1619 project was largely borne out accelerated out of this Robin D'Angelo's Fame was born and out of this we had police departments defunding the police.
Ben Shapiro · The Charlie Kirk Show · Mar 2025 Listen at 8:45 The best things said about it
Yesterday we talked to you about Nicole Hannah Jones, the writer of the 1619 project that said America was founded on all about slavery.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2026 Well, I think that if you're going to teach it in such a way, uh, like the 1619 project did, which was also funded and then used at some of these elite universities to say America is irrevocably racist, then what are we all doing here?
Saagar Enjeti Breaking Points · Apr 2025 And so the 1619 project which was again it was a it was really ascendant during that 2020 2021 period is going to be put to rest thanks to again another amazing executive action and Order from the president.
Charlie Kirk The Megyn Kelly Show · Jan 2025 - So is that education fundamentally? I mean, is that why we have to get the schools back more than anything else, because people believe now that 1619 project was, you know, the true the story of America? - They tried to recreate our history.
Dave Rubin The Rubin Report · Apr 2023 And we're having this conversation on the day when the Pulitzer Prize is being given to The New York Times for a completely dishonest take on slavery and black people, their 1619 Project.
Andrew Klavan The Rubin Report · May 2020 Where and when it comes up
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The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine is a controversial collection of essays and historical reframings that places slavery and its enduring legacy at the center of the American narrative. The project frequently provokes intense debate among political commentators and public figures. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn Kelly and her guests, including Eliana Johnson, frequently referenced the work to discuss dominant media narratives and historical interpretations concerning the founding of the United States. Critics like Saagar Enjeti on Breaking Points and Charlie Kirk on The Megyn Kelly Show targeted the project for how it is utilized in elite academic settings, arguing that it promotes the view that America is irrevocably racist. Kirk specifically celebrated executive orders aimed at curtailing the project's institutional promotion, while Dave Rubin similarly questioned Kevin McCarthy on The Rubin Report about the influence of such revisionist history in public school curriculums. Ben Shapiro, speaking on The Charlie Kirk Show, connected the project's rise to broader cultural shifts and ideological movements following 2020. Meanwhile, on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Senator Josh Hawley cited the project to explain how conservative critics view the left's interpretation of America's true origins.
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Megyn Kelly Yesterday we talked to you about Nicole Hannah Jones, the writer of the 1619 project that said America was… 3
“Yesterday we talked to you about Nicole Hannah Jones, the writer of the 1619 project that said America was founded on all about slavery.”
“I mean, even the people that are supposed to like the people that are involved in writing the 1619 project and people that you see educated though, Buck, she's one of the highest educated.”
“And even, even the New York times with this 1619 project is slowly withdrawing all those names from its piece without highlighting the withdrawal.”
Andrew Klavan and we're having this conversation on the day when the Pulitzer Prize is being given to The New York Times… 1
“and we're having this conversation on the day when the Pulitzer Prize is being given to The New York Times for a completely dishonest take on slavery and black people, their 1619 Project.”
Ben Shapiro I want everyone to I want to repeat that everyone to internalize that the the 1619 project was largely born… 1
“I want everyone to I want to repeat that everyone to internalize that the the 1619 project was largely borne out accelerated out of this Robin D'Angelo's Fame was born and out of this we had police departments defunding the police”
Charlie Kirk and so the 1619 project which was again it was a it was really ascendant during that 2020 2021 period is go… 1
“and so the 1619 project which was again it was a it was really ascendant during that 2020 2021 period is going to be put to rest thanks to again another amazing executive action and Order from the president”
Dave Rubin - So is that education fundamentally? I mean, is that why we have to get the schools back more than anythin… 1
“- So is that education fundamentally? I mean, is that why we have to get the schools back more than anything else, because people believe now that 1619 project was, you know, the true the story of America? - They tried to recreate our history.”
Eliana Johnson this is the 1619 project narrative 1
“this is the 1619 project narrative”
Josh Hawley why did they pick that day because that's the date that the slave trade began to be practiced at scale on t… 1
“why did they pick that day because that's the date that the slave trade began to be practiced at scale on the North American continent”
Saagar Enjeti Well, I think that if you're going to teach it in such a way, uh, like the 1619 project did, which was also… 1
“Well, I think that if you're going to teach it in such a way, uh, like the 1619 project did, which was also funded and then used at some of these elite universities to say America is irrevocably racist, then what are we all doing here?”
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“random house children book children's books announced plans to publish four 16 19 projects books for young readers one young adult et cetera et cetera So yes”
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“She's the author of the 1619 project.”
“I was there long before a lot of these other folks were talking about Nicole Hannah Jones and the 1619 project and I was with the Troskyites over at uh what was it? World Socialist Web who are writing some of the original takedowns.”
“how worried should we be it should have been a scale of 1 to 16 19.”