{"id":861089,"date":"2021-10-08T22:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T02:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=861089"},"modified":"2021-10-08T22:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T02:58:33","slug":"nikole-hannah-jones-declares-opposition-to-crt-fake-hysteria-and-a-propaganda-tool-to-stoke-white-resentment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikole-hannah-jones-declares-opposition-to-crt-fake-hysteria-and-a-propaganda-tool-to-stoke-white-resentment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikole Hannah-Jones Declares Opposition To CRT \u2018Fake Hysteria\u2019 And A \u2018Propaganda Tool\u2019 To \u2018Stoke White Resentment\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fnikole-hannah-jones-declares-opposition-to-crt-fake-hysteria-and-a-propaganda-tool-to-stoke-white-resentment%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=861089&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--><p>Nikole Hannah-Jones advocated that people should fight the \u201cserious\u201d threat of \u201cfake hysteria\u201d over critical race theory, arguing that the best way to stand up is to \u201cjust teach it\u201d in the classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the \u201c1619 Project\u201d and New York Times narrative journalist, was hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/news.psu.edu\/story\/670925\/2021\/09\/29\/campus-life\/nikole-hannah-jones-virtual-talk-1619-and-legacy-%E2%80%AFbuilt%E2%80%AF-nation\">virtually by Penn State University<\/a> on Tuesday in a talk titled, \u201c1619 and the Legacy that Built a Nation.\u201d The prominent journalist dedicated much of her speech to the subject of critical race theory being taught in schools, especially since her 1619 Project is intrinsically linked to it.<\/p>\n<p>In her introduction, Hannah-Jones explained why she wrote the 1619 Project, then joked that \u201cthe project of course now, is banned in America.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/02\/nikole-hannah-jones-critical-race-theory-1619-project\/\"><b>(RELATED: Nikole Hannah-Jones Says Her Privately Funded School Program Won\u2019t Teach Critical Race Theory)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times journalist said she \u201cknew that there was going to be pushback\u201d because the argument of the 1619 Project is to \u201cconsider slavery not freedom as our origin.\u201d She said that her goal was to show how aspects of \u201cmodern\u201d American society \u201ctrace back kind of its history and roots in the legacy of slavery\u201d and that \u201cslavery can be seen in our capitalism, our democracy, our diet, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the project launched nearly two years ago, Hannah-Jones said, \u201cthe most common pushback is that the project was to teach people to hate America and destroy America,\u201d which she says is not true. Although proclaiming that \u201cit\u2019s not a journalist\u2019s job to be patriotic,\u201d she said that \u201cclearly\u201d the 1619 Project was \u201cthe most patriotic thing I have ever written, accidentally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hannah-Jones also said that she believes attempts to ban the teaching of the 1619 Project and Critical Race Theory in schools were just proof that&nbsp; \u201cthe 1619 Project is being used as part of an effort to stoke white resentment\u201d following last year\u2019s \u201cglobal protests\u201d or \u201cso-called racial reckoning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople saw it as a good political tool to create a wedge between Americans who were starting to really reflect on structural inequalities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then suggested that \u201cthe protests last year were not just about police violence but about a 400-year legacy,\u201d alluding to the impact she believed the 1619 Project played in the \u201cracial reckoning.\u201d In the past, Hannah-Jones tweeted that it was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2020\/06\/22\/new-york-times-mum-on-1619-project-creator-calling-1619-riots-moniker-an-honor\/\">an honor<\/a>\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2020\/06\/22\/new-york-times-mum-on-1619-project-creator-calling-1619-riots-moniker-an-honor\/\">New York Post op-ed<\/a> declared the demonstrations after the death of George Floyd \u201cthe 1619 Riots.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.3407643312102\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Protestors with shields arrive and the protestors begin yelling at police <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blacklivesmatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blacklivesmatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/antifa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#antifa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheGeorgeFloydProtestThread?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheGeorgeFloydProtestThread<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dcprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dcprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BHAZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BHAZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rR5exgOBzB\">pic.twitter.com\/rR5exgOBzB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BIqjkGysSY\">https:\/\/t.co\/BIqjkGysSY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SOL\u2019D OUT \u2600\ufe0f IT IS HEAVEN \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc9a\ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udcab\ud83d\ude4f\ud83e\udd1f\ud83e\udd19\ud83d\udd0a\ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udef8 (@camerongrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/camerongrey\/status\/1275253201336365056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hannah-Jones then laid out what she believed were the motives behind people who opposed the 1619 Project and critical race theory. According to the Pulitzer Prize winner, \u201cwe can trace the rise in anti-1619 sentiment,\u201d \u201cthe fake hysteria around critical race theory,\u201d and \u201cthe rise of using critical race theory and the 1619 project as a propaganda tool to right around the time of the election\u201d and when \u201cthe electoral results\u201d were announced. \u201cIt serves a convenient part of a narrative that white Americans are losing something, that they are losing demographic primacy, that not only are these people trying to replace you demographically but that they are trying to take your history. They\u2019re trying to take your glory and this is all part, I think, of that political moment that we\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, Hannah-Jones compared today\u2019s social and political climate to the Redemption period, when former Confederate Democrat \u201credeemers\u201d instilled racist Jim Crow laws throughout the American South following the failure of \u201cReconstruction\u201d in the aftermath of the Civil War. \u201cI think we are on the verge of another redemption period which, of course, followed the election of the first black president with the election of a white nationalist president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hannah-Jones said she is \u201cquite frightened\u201d and that \u201cit\u2019s a scary time if you study history\u201d&nbsp; She chided Republicans because of their \u201cintensive attacks on the right to vote, the \u201cinsurrection on the Capitol, efforts to overturn elections that were won by multiracial coalitions of voters, attempts to delegitimize the black vote and the threat of violence in order to keep electoral power despite being a minority which Republicans are, the minority party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hannah-Jones followed up by claiming that \u201cafter the racial reckoning, this multiracial coalition has sent a very resounding message to this country, and then those votes [were] delegitimized.\u201d She concluded by saying that Republicans were engaging in efforts \u201cto overturn the next election, and to ensure the rule of the minority party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust teach it,\u201d Hannah-Jones said during the audience Q&amp;A portion of the event when asked what she thought is the best way to stand up for the 1619 Project and CRT in the classroom, as many parents across the country feel threatened by her message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause these attacks are serious\u201d and \u201cthese times require courage,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur democracy is at a dangerous tipping point and we\u2019re going to have to push back and have courage because the opposition\u201d is \u201ctrying to restrict what our children learn,\u201d she said. Besides attacks on the 1619 Project, she claims that \u201cfolks are trying to restrict\u201d the \u201cteaching of an accurate history\u201d and \u201cthe truth about our country\u201d by falsely labeling it \u201ccritical race theory, which it is clearly not.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7297407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7297407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People hold up signs during a rally against \u201ccritical race theory\u201d (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021.(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS \/ AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the acclaimed author, those opposed to critical race theory being taught in the classrooms are winning the battle because \u201cthey\u2019re extremely organized,\u201d \u201cgetting laws passed,\u201d \u201covertaking school boards,\u201d and \u201chave apps where you can report your teacher if you think your teacher is teaching something that makes your kid uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then called those in favor of critical race theory \u201cthe side pushing back\u201d and said they don\u2019t \u201cseem to be organized at all.\u201d \u201cIf this is important to you, we have to have some courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hannah-Jones then shared her new \u201cmantra\u201d: \u201cWe all have to pick the institution and defend it because we are in dangerous times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if this is important to you, then you have to keep teaching it. When you\u2019re challenged, you have to defend why you\u2019re teaching it, and you have to be willing; I don\u2019t want to say to put your career on the line, but what is the fight that you\u2019re willing to have right now in this moment when we\u2019re seeing attacks on free speech, reproductive rights [and] voting rights? What\u2019s the skin we\u2019re all willing to put in the game?<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;webinar featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones was funded by Penn State\u2019s University Park Student Initiated Fee. It was co-sponsored by the Penn State Center for Spiritual and Ethical Development and the Bellisario College of Communications. This event followed the formation of a new \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.psu.edu\/story\/671010\/2021\/09\/29\/research\/penn-state-announces-formation-new-center-racial-justice\">Center for Racial Justice<\/a>\u201d at Penn State\u2019s main campus, \u201cwhich aims to foster research addressing critical human and social problems\u201d while addressing \u201cthe work of the Select Penn State Presidential Commission on Racism, Bias, and Community Safety.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikole Hannah-Jones advocated that people should fight the \u201cserious\u201d threat of \u201cfake hysteria\u201d over critical race theory, arguing that the best way to stand up is to \u201cjust teach it\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-861089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861089","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}