Why Conservatives Want to Cancel the 1619 Project - The Atlantic

… conservative opponents of what they derisively refer to as "wokeism"are engaged in a campaign to stigmatize such arguments, and where they can, use the state to purge them from the educational system. State legislatures are outlawing the teaching of "critical race theory" which in this context as my colleague Adam Harris reports, is ultimately a shorthand for "anything resembling an examination of America's history with race." The Trump administration threatened to investigate institutions of higher education that discussed systemic racism, and conservative state governments are interfering with state institutions of higher education...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/why-conservatives-want-cancel-1619-project/618952/