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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by New York Times Company, Nikole Hannah-Jones

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challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

hjoreid's review against another edition

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3.0

I learned a lot I did not know and more in what I did know. If it wasn’t for the stories I think it would be 2⭐️ book because it was very boring and encyclopedic type read. I listened to it so some of the narrators just talked like they were reading from an encyclopedia. The stories were good with mostly good narration. I did enjoy more the modern talk. I am also not a huge history and nonfiction fan unless memoir.

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emotional informative

4.75

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emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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5.0

In exposing our nation’s troubled roots, the 1619 Project challenges us to think about a country whose exceptionalism we treat as the unquestioned truth. It asks us to consider who sets and shapes our shared national memory and what and who gets left out.

This is a beautifully heartbreaking collection of essays, poetry and historical blurbs that trace the Black American experience from 1619 to present day. And it isn't pretty. This isn't replacing our history, more so looking at it through a different, non white washed, hero worshiping lens. Every American should read this as African American history is American history. It should be required reading in schools. It should not be as controversial as people are making it, I'll never understand..

I listened to the audio book, which has a full cast and is wonderful. I highly recommend it.