The #1619Project is the standard American nationalist-exceptionalist narrative, except with the liberal triumphalist core of the normie version of that narrative swapped out for Afro-pessimism. If you don't know what the latter is, start with @vcunningham: https://t.co/eglRa08frT
— Nils Gilman (@nils_gilman) July 5, 2021
Nils nails it. That’s exactly it, and the main problem I had with the 1619 Project. It’s the left version of Fox News-like truthiness. It feels true but is mostly malarkey.