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The Washington Post notes, too, that Hannah-Jones has walked back some of her ire at the reporting of the project's problems, writing that "she acknowledges that for all the experts she consulted, she should have sat down with scholars with particular focus on colonial history, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War."
"I should have been more careful," Hannah-Jones said, "because I don't think that any other fact would have given people the fodder that this has, and I am tortured by it. I'm absolutely tortured by it."
Hannah-Jones is plagued by her initial refusal to be careful with the facts of the story she was telling, and to instead focus on how the project, and the history, felt to her. But that’s exactly what the problem with critical race theory has been. It’s not about facts, it’s a theory about the material reality of society that is based on emotional reactions, and historical problems that, while serious and long-lasting, are not manifest in America today to even remotely the same extent.
It appears that, when confronted with facts, ideologues like Hannah-Jones have no other recourse than to respond with vitriol and personal attacks.
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She should be banned from all fried chicken joints
The Washington Post notes, too, that Hannah-Jones has walked back some of her ire at the reporting of the project's problems, writing that "she acknowledges that for all the experts she consulted, she should have sat down with scholars with particular focus on colonial history, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War."
"I should have been more careful," Hannah-Jones said, "because I don't think that any other fact would have given people the fodder that this has, and I am tortured by it. I'm absolutely tortured by it."
Hannah-Jones is plagued by her initial refusal to be careful with the facts of the story she was telling, and to instead focus on how the project, and the history, felt to her. But that’s exactly what the problem with critical race theory has been. It’s not about facts, it’s a theory about the material reality of society that is based on emotional reactions, and historical problems that, while serious and long-lasting, are not manifest in America today to even remotely the same extent.
It appears that, when confronted with facts, ideologues like Hannah-Jones have no other recourse than to respond with vitriol and personal attacks.
Sound familiar? Read it all
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She should be banned from all fried chicken joints