Notes on Hannah-Jones 1619 Project

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1. What would you descirbe as Hannah-Jones's goal in her introduction?
2. Is Hannah-Jones creating the progessive narrative that Cowie is calling for or is the 1619 prioject an example of anti-patriotism on the left?

1. make herself infallable?
2. anti-patriotism. no options to solve
   1. nvm, she acknolgeses that things get better, therfore america is not doomed.

cowies anti-patriotism: america is bad, and we can't solve it. fundemental: views it as solvable or unsolvable redeemable vs. solvable past vs future

Cosmopolitanism can be defined as a global politics that, firstly, projects a sociality of common political engagement among all human beings across the globe, and, secondly, suggests that this sociality should be either ethically or organizationally privileged over other forms of sociality.

• to be authentic responsible scholars: start with the text, then go into criticisms.
  • can't critique until you understand her ideas
• thesis: black americans fought for freedom and paved the way for others freedom

mythology vs story – used by tom

• civil rights act:
  • patriotism by descent
• special place for descent in our culture
  • celebrating tradition of descent
• the facts are not the intresting controvery
• CRT emerged in the 80-90s
  • started in legal studies, moved into public policy
• deals with: why do we have sytemic racism if we dont mention race in our legal system?
• argues, we need more than race neutral conversation / terminology
  • racists shaped more than the slavery itself?