"I Helped Fact-Check the 1619 Project. The Times Ignored Me." Topic
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Tango01  | 10 Nov 2025 3:47 p.m. PST |
"…Weeks before, I had received an email from a New York Times research editor. Because I'm an historian of African American life and slavery, in New York, specifically, and the pre-Civil War era more generally, she wanted me to verify some statements for the project. At one point, she sent me this assertion: "One critical reason that the colonists declared their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery in the colonies, which had produced tremendous wealth. At the time there were growing calls to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire, which would have badly damaged the economies of colonies in both North and South."
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| Grelber | 10 Nov 2025 7:38 p.m. PST |
I see the Hegelian dialectic playing out historically in the various sides to the discussion, though it is never mentioned.
Hegel's dialectic always sounded reasonable to me, though there might be minor glitches in individual cases. I don't think I do so well with absolutes and alwayses. Grelber |
| Tango01 | 11 Nov 2025 3:39 p.m. PST |
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 John the OFM | 11 Nov 2025 5:30 p.m. PST |
I've always wanted to use "Hegelian dialect" in a sentence. And I just did! 😄👍 |
| Col Durnford | 12 Nov 2025 11:50 a.m. PST |
More like the fact checker called  on the author and the author published any way. |
| Tango01 | 12 Nov 2025 4:16 p.m. PST |
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snapped some photos of games he didn't get a chance to play in at Council of Five Nations.
