On Aug 26, 2020, at 1:35 PM, Peter Turner <karlrosa1919@...> wrote:



I fully agree with your remarks, including how the 1619 Project exposed how the founding of the U.S. was not what we have been taught in our sanitized official version of our history.  But one glaring problem exists with it: Why is it not the 1492 Project?  Columbus brought souvenirs of his mission of conquest back to Spain, including slaves.  We saw that the export of slaves from the U.S. to Europe didn't turn out well, but not for a lack of trying.  Europeans enslaved many indigenous people here beginning from their arrival.  The notion that the U.S., or its social origins, became oppressive beginning in 1619 is an affront to the experiences of people native to this land.  It seems that the pattern of history being defined by those who write it rather than on the basis of how it actually happened is still with us.  If we are to really practice the humanity we claim, we need to show the respect our native people deserve by honoring THEIR version of what happened.