{"id":1822593,"date":"2023-01-24T17:19:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1822593"},"modified":"2023-01-24T17:27:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:27:46","slug":"indiana-taxpayers-shelled-out-101700-to-1619-project-author-for-two-days-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-taxpayers-shelled-out-101700-to-1619-project-author-for-two-days-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Taxpayers Shelled Out $101,700 To 1619 Project Author For Two Days\u2019 Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-taxpayers-shelled-out-101700-to-1619-project-author-for-two-days-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1822593&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Indiana taxpayers spent more than $100,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/1619-project-creator-raked-in-1m-last-year-for-college-speeches-on-inequality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1619 Project<\/a> author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/1619-project-writer-demanded-40k-for-45-minute-speech-busting-librarys-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikole Hannah-Jones<\/a> According to a contract obtained under public records laws by The Daily Wire, it was for just over 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The deal between the Trustees of Indiana University and Hannah-Jones\u2019 speakers bureau said the university would pay $101,700 for a \u201c2022 Themester Lecture on Identity and Identification.\u201d\u00a0The \u201cThemester\u201d Reference meant that Indiana students were directed to be focused on the topic for the entirety of their semester. \u201ctheme\u201d Identification<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the fall of 2022, we invite members of the College and campus community to reflect on identity and all that it entails,\u201d the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/themester.indiana.edu\/policies-and-planning\/themester-2022\/index.html\">website<\/a> says. \u201cRace, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, native language, socio-economic status, and myriad other identities shape our worldview: how we see, how we portray ourselves, and how we are perceived (and received).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cthemester\u201d The advisory committee, which includes a professor in gender studies and undergraduates, runs the event. \u201cmajoring in Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance\u201d And \u201cAnthropology and Folklore and Ethnomusicology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indiana is a deeply-red state. Eric Holcomb is the state&#8217;s governor and the majority of its legislature are Republicans. The university did not return a Daily Wire request for comment on whether the six-figure sum was a wise expenditure of taxpayer money or whether it reflects the desires of Indiana\u2019s electorate.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah-Jones was rewarded with a large paycheck upon her return to the school on October 19. She arrived in the afternoon and participated in two classroom discussions, followed by a presentation. \u201cdinner-party with invited students and Union Board directors involving some discussion, but no prepared remarks from Speaker.\u201d Next day, she was to take part in two more classroom sessions. \u201c30-min public lecture, and 30 minutes of moderated discussion\/q&#038;a with the audience. A meet\/greet and booksigning will conclude the program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The $101,700 taxpayer-funded engagement was the largest ever. It was paid to the woman who made America her home. \u201cone of the most unequal societies in the history of the world\u201d into a lucrative enterprise. Hannah Jones, the daughter a mixed-race couple, was raised in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire has previously been able to obtain records for 11 speeches she delivered in 2022. These speeches averaged $40,000 and some were even made online. Last year she delivered at least 33 speeches. That would be an average of $40,000 per speech. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/1619-project-creator-raked-in-1m-last-year-for-college-speeches-on-inequality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.2 million<\/a> In 2022, speaking fees.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that most of them were delivered at universities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/historians-shred-nyt-1619-project-claiming-slavery-defines-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historians<\/a> from across the political spectrum pointing to significant errors in her writing, down to the foundational assertion that America\u2019s colonists fought for independence from Britain in order to preserve slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Her speeches are also used to promote her book, which has earned $2 million in royalties.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah-Jones also received $75,000 last year, but she did not work at the University of North Carolina as part of a settlement. Hannah-Jones negotiated a deal in 2020 with Oprah Winfrey &#038; Lionsgate to develop 1619 \u201cinto an expansive portfolio of feature films, television series and other content,\u201d Hulu series will premiere this month, which includes a Hulu series.<\/p>\n<p>Howard University employs the New York Times Magazine writer despite her busy speech schedule. This is in response to the MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, and other philanthropists who have earmarked $25 million.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/1619-project-creator-raked-in-1m-last-year-for-college-speeches-on-inequality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speeches<\/a> is:<\/p>\n<p>1\/19\/2022 &#8211; Union League Club of Chicago1\/21\/2022 : Metro State University Denver (via Zoom\u00a0<strong>$25,000<\/strong>1\/25\/2022 University of Wisconsin\u00a0<strong>$55,000<\/strong>1\/16\/2022 &#8211; University of Buffalo1\/31\/2022 &#8211; Grand Rapids Community College\u00a0<strong>$25,000<\/strong>2\/1\/2022 &#8211; Fordham University2\/9\/2022 &#8211; University of Houston3\/15\/2022 &#8211; Notre Dame3\/22\/2022 &#8211; Southern Methodist University3\/23\/2022 &#8211; Macalester College (via Zoom3)3\/25\/2022 &#8211; University of Lynchburg3\/30\/2022 &#8211; U-Conn\u00a0<strong>$36,500<\/strong>4\/1\/2022: SUNY-Brockport\u00a0<strong>$50,000<\/strong>4\/15\/2022 Dartmouth4\/26\/2022 Colby College5\/3\/2022 University of Maryland\u00a0<strong>$40,500<\/strong>5\/5\/2022: St Johns University5\/17\/2022: Rutgers5\/21\/2022: NC A&#038;T State U9\/20\/2022: Arlington, VA library\u00a0<strong>$40,000<\/strong>9\/24\/2022: The Links Inc (via Zoom)9\/27\/2022: Sarah Lawrence University10\/11\/2022: Lehigh University10\/13\/2022: Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis10\/20\/2022: Indiana University\u00a0<strong>$101,700<\/strong>10\/27\/2022 &#8211; Northern Illinois University (via Zoom\u00a0<strong>$30,000<\/strong>10\/28\/2022: Syracuse University11\/2\/2022: Iowa State University\u00a0<strong>$38,000<\/strong>11\/7\/2022 &#8211; French Embassy11\/18\/2022 : Newark Public Library11\/19\/2022 : Cleveland Library (via Zoom\u00a0<strong>$20,000<\/strong>11\/20\/2022: Howard University School of Law\/ Pulitzer Center12\/6\/2022 University of Minnesota\u00a0<strong>$50,000<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana taxpayers shelled out more than $100,000 to 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones for just over 24 hours of work, records obtained by The Daily Wire show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":1822596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[16316,13479,12730,4525,7006,4146,16317,8956],"class_list":["post-1822593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-16316","tag-13479","tag-author","tag-days","tag-indiana","tag-project","tag-shelled","tag-taxpayers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1822593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1822596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1822593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1822593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1822593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}