Race, Revisionism, and The New York Times

People walk past the New York Times building in New York City in a file photograph. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Commentary

The New York Times recently launched the “1619 Project”—an initiative that, by the paper’s own admission, “aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.”