Trump takes aim at The New York Times’ 1619 Project

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    Brian Stelter asks Nicole Hemmer about Trump’s motivation for promising an investigation of schools using the 1619 Project in curricula. “I don’t think any of us believe the president has deep thoughts on critical race theory or that he’s read the 1619 Project,” she says. “These have really become watchwords for what the right sees as anti-white racism.”

    Brian Stelter asks Nicole Hemmer about Trump’s motivation for promising an investigation of schools using the 1619 Project in curricula. “I don’t think any of us believe the president has deep thoughts on critical race theory or that he’s read the 1619 Project,” she says. “These have really become watchwords for what the right sees as anti-white racism.”