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Thank you.

And congratulations on creating and working with a group of people on a project that has gone

on to become more than just a moment, but rather a rethinking of America's history.

Let's start with the why behind this.

I mean, history seems like it has been written.

So why try and write it again?

Well, history has been written, but it's been written to tell us a certain story.

And the 1619 project is trying to reframe that story.

And it's really about the ongoing legacy of slavery.

We've been taught that slavery was a long time ago, get over it, which is something nearly

every black person in this country hears at some point.

And the 1619 project is really saying that slavery was so foundational to American institutions

that we are still suffering from that legacy now and it's exploring the many ways that we

still are.

It's interesting that you've chosen the year 1619 because many people would say, but this

was before America existed.

You know, why not start at America's founding and then not include the years before when

this was a colony and Virginia and Britain were involved?

So why do you choose that point and why do you argue more importantly that on the 14th,

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