The New York Times’ 1619 Project is the latest attempt from the left to re-tell history. But Dr. Allen Guelzo thinks the Times made some key errors. ” The hope of many members of the Constitutional Convention, that slavery could be abolished, was linked to their conviction that the abolition of slavery was simply one more step that needed to be taken to free us from the inheritance of British colonialism and British imperialism,” Guelzo, a research scholar at Princeton University says. “The 1619 Project tends to invert that.” Guelzo also talks about reparations, capitalism and its role in our history, and more.

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  1. FredGoodhue Coolidge
    FredGoodhue
    @FredGoodhue

    I think the biggest problem with reparations is that it is race based payments from the government.  It is nominally for past injustices, but really is a way to get money out of the government.  While many people, maybe most, want government money, this is different.  Most people are not getting this money because of an accident of birth.  People who implemented slavery and segregation are almost all dead or in the old folks home.  People who are paying for this through taxes, and not getting the money, will resent this.  A big part of Trump’s appeal is to northern blue collar  voters who see themselves as being treated unfairly by the government.  They were not involved in the past injustices, and, for the most part, their ancestors, however remote, were not involved.  These reparations just aggravate grievances and so creates more problems in society.

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