Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 13, 2023

Ida B. Wells Society internships mired by funding issues, says Nikole Hannah-Jones
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/13/1181694597/ida-b-wells-society-internship-nikole-hannah-jones

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, best known for founding The 1619 Project, said in an interview with a not-for-profit news organization that administrative delays have made it impossible to carry on with several academic projects intended to foster the careers of young Black investigative journalists.

#journalism #InvestigativeJournalism #1619Project #NikoleHannahJones #BlackJournalists

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 13, 2023

The Ida B. Wells Society was named for a crusading Black journalist active in the late 1800s and early 20th century.

... the Ida B. Wells Society told NC Newsline it is unable to draw on the operating funding it needs to launch the careers of a cohort of young journalists of color.

* The 1619 Project:
** NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
** Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1619_Project

* Comment: The 1619 project is a target of conservative, right-wing / far-right politics. ...

#IdaBWells #NYT

The 1619 Project

American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country’s true origin.

The New York Times
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 13, 2023

... High-profile conservatives criticized it. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called it "brainwashing" and "propaganda," later writing an opinion piece characterizing it as "left-wing propaganda masquerading as 'the truth'". Republican Senator Ted Cruz also equated it with propaganda.

In July 2020, Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas proposed the "Saving American History Act of 2020", prohibiting K-12 schools from using federal funds to teach curriculum related to the 1619 Project, ...

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

... and make schools that did ineligible for federal professional-development grants. Cotton added that "The 1619 Project is a racially divisive & revisionist account of history that threatens the integrity of the Union by denying the true principles on which it was founded.

* Comment: those ideologies are tied to the populist rhetoric opposing critical race theory (an academic discipline)

#conservatism #TomCotton #TedCruz #NewtGingrich #RightWing #FarRight #populism #CRT #CriticalRaceTheory

Jun 13, 2023 at 4:22pmWeb
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 13, 2023

Donald Trump, in his final few months as president, vowed to ban the 1619 Project from state curricula, accusing educators of teaching their students to "hate their own country."

Under Ron DeSantis, the 1619 Project was banned from being taught in Florida public schools, first by a 2021 Florida State Board of Education amendment banning critical race theory & again in 2022 (Stop WOKE Act).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1619_Project#Bans

#DonaldTrump #RonDeSantis #2024PresidentialCandidate #StopWOKEAct #neofascism

The 1619 Project - Wikipedia