On Friday, the Trump administration stopped federal agencies from using taxpayer dollars to force employees to attend anti-white critical race theory seminars.  He's now eying even bigger fish: Trump has promised that the Department of Education is looking into schools that have integrated the 1619 Project into their curricula so he can withhold federal funds from those schools.  "Looking into" is not the same as doing something, but it's a good start. The New York Times' Nikole Hannah-Jones came up with the idea of the 1619 Project, which seeks to "reframe" American history to mark the year 1619 as the "true founding" rather than 1776 (the Declaration of Independence) or 1783 (when Britain surrendered to the Americans).  Her choice of year is based upon the fact that the first Africans were brought to America as slaves in the year 1619.  Thus, the 1619 Project has as its purpose cementing slavery as...(Read Full Post)