It's worth noting that several historians who objected, even some who did so sharply, to certain assertions of the 1619 Project, most notably slavery as a motivating factor for colonial rebellion leading up to the American Revolution, nonetheless found the Project as a whole a worthwhile endeavor and supported its goal in highlighting the contributions of Black citizens to the American experiment. It is the wholesale ignorance and dismissal of that particular goal that I find especially loathsome coming from the Right.
Forget Harlem. Until recently, many Black middle class enclaves in metropolitan areas all across the country were seemingly unknown, and certainly not nearly as 'desirable,' to everyone except Black folks. This has only started changing as gentrification continues to push further outward into less expensive third-ring postwar suburban neighborhoods where many of these enclaves are located.
Conservatives were not the only people who criticized the 1619 Project. Many distiguished historians, none I would consider conservatives, objected to it. Wikipedia has the best summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1619_Project#:~:text=Beginning%20in%20October%202019%2C%20the,Richard%20Carwardine%20and%20Clayborne%20Carson.
It's worth noting that several historians who objected, even some who did so sharply, to certain assertions of the 1619 Project, most notably slavery as a motivating factor for colonial rebellion leading up to the American Revolution, nonetheless found the Project as a whole a worthwhile endeavor and supported its goal in highlighting the contributions of Black citizens to the American experiment. It is the wholesale ignorance and dismissal of that particular goal that I find especially loathsome coming from the Right.
Forget Harlem. Until recently, many Black middle class enclaves in metropolitan areas all across the country were seemingly unknown, and certainly not nearly as 'desirable,' to everyone except Black folks. This has only started changing as gentrification continues to push further outward into less expensive third-ring postwar suburban neighborhoods where many of these enclaves are located.