Part 1 of a 2 Part Rumble On Race (and) Class Politics

Special guest Kyle Jackson is kind enough to join the show and challenge us on our general approach to forever ongoing Class vs. Race analysis of politics on the left. We use the 1619 Project as an example to get off the ground, and branch out into some of the broader more central disagreements that we have. NYT: We Respond to the Historians Who Critiqued The 1619 Project: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/magazine/we-respond-to-the-historians-who-critiqued-the-1619-project.html The Atlantic: The Fight Over the 1619 Project Is Not About the Facts: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/ Jacobin: How Slavery Shaped American Capitalism: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/how-slavery-shaped-american-capitalism Politico: Trump blasts 1619 Project as DeVos praises alternative Black history curriculum: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/17/devos-black-history-1776-unites-417186 Trump's 1776 Unites Commission Website: https://1776unites.com/