One line that stood out to me from the website was “If you want to understand the brutality of American Capitalism, you have to start the plantation.” by Matthew Desmond. This is a very powerful statement, slavery was a big part of Capitalism and has everything to do with why we are the way we are now. It is important to understand that it would be very difficult to imagine the terrible things that were happening during slavery, you just had to be there to really comprehend the brutality. People can bring anything to life no matter how terrible it is if the majority follows, which is sad to hear.
Category: Discussions (Page 1 of 13)
A line that stood out to me the most from the readings we had to read was from the “controversy over introducing it into High School and college”. The line that stood out was stated by Zimmerman, “I think that republicans are right when they say the 1619 Project is a threat. I just think it’s a good threat”. This was extremely confusing for me at first because how can a threat be a good one? Threats are extremely dangerous which was why I found this to be so confusing. Eventually I started to realize what they mean by threat is that the 1619 project will threaten the people who don’t approve of it. Many individuals believe that the 1619 project would be “mishandling of curriculum” but it will be very beneficial for everyone to learn about this situation not just the black children. Everyone should be taught and informed about the 1619 project and what information you can learn from it, so yes some people may not agree with It but it’s beneficial.
A line that stood out to me the most from the readings we had to read was from the “controversy over introducing it into High School and college”. The line that stood out was stated by Zimmerman, “I think that republicans are right when they say the 1619 Project is a threat. I just think it’s a good threat”. This was extremely confusing for me at first because how can a threat be a good one? Threats are extremely dangerous which was why I found this to be so confusing. Eventually I started to realize what they mean by threat is that the 1619 project will threaten the people who don’t approve of it. Many individuals believe that the 1619 project would be “mishandling of curriculum” but it will be very beneficial for everyone to learn about this situation not just the black children. Everyone should be taught and informed about the 1619 project and what information you can learn from it, so yes some people may not agree with It but it’s beneficial.
Recent Comments