I'm terrified of posting anymore.

[Tom Dyer]

Wrong forum!!!

Look what you’ve done!!!

Wrong FORUM!!!

But how many DUers have read The 1619 Project?

It is such an historic, researched, and right now, necessary read.

Please please read it.

[Solly Mack]

1. I agree. Everyone should read it.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Um, you might consider editing you OP to include a solid link

[Tom Dyer]

3. Yes.

Every single post sharing a personal thought must be looked at through the Mount Palomar Telescope to find that ONE THING that makes the post disastrous for being, I don’t know, a post, to make this an uncomfortable site for posters.

Prithee tell me why.

[Brother Buzz]

4. Well, what am I looking for?

The proper way to have a successful thread is to post four pertinent paragraphs and provide a link to draw people in.

Simple, no?

[Biophilic]

10. It's a book, Have you considered using you computer to research something?

[obamanut2012]

22. It is on the OP to say that

Goid God.

[Iggo]

11. Jesus, dude. We're on your side. Just looking for a little direction.

[obamanut2012]

21. They just asked for a link

Give them a wiki link or something.

My God.

[Tom Dyer]

5. I give up.

I just give up…

[Tom Dyer]

6. Reading the book might be a good thing too.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. This might not be the discussion board for you

Sounds like you have a low frustration tolerance.

[Iggo]

12. Aw.

[malaise]

7. Please continue posting

That is all

[usonian]

8. I got flak in the beginning. General Discussion seems to be wide open.

And if it appeals to many, maybe a repost in a specific group.

I post a bunch of calls to action. In the "Activist Headquarters" forum, the informative and timely post gets far fewer views than in General Discussion. So, I post in both. The former is much easier to find due the smaller traffic numbers and the latter helps get an important message across. It's purposeful and nobody complains. (1)


I post purely opinion and timely home-made memes in GD. I spend too much time here and have to ignore some groups that would eat up the rest of my time. It happens.

(1) If this helps, some people are just trolls. Put them on ignore.
If it's serious, it goes to a jury. Otherwise, ignore them.
And if some title's topic is toooo depressing, I trash it.

Now and then I read the "home page" where all such trashing is turned off by design.

[Scrivener7]

13. I have read the 1619 Project. It was a great read.

I've also read the forum descriptions. That was an easy read and eliminated any need to be terrified of posting.

[LoisB]

14. Just started it.

[Grim Chieftain]

15. Please don't be terrified about posting

Things are tense right now with what is going on in our country and people's nerves may be frayed from time to time. Don't let that dissuade you from posting. You came to DU for a reason, and I am glad you're here. Honestly, you're among great people here.

Stay strong, friend.

[PatSeg]

16. I can appreciate your frustration

The 1619 Project sounds like an appropriate topic for General Discussion. I wouldn't give up though. I don't think it is all that common.

[Iggo]

25. Yeah, but "Read it because I said so, or I'm just going to sit here and pout" is a bad strategy.

[multigraincracker]

17. I made a mistake once.,

Ok, more than once. A few zonked me, but I was told to forget about it by the Higher Up.

Just stick around for us.

[Emile]

18. Each forum has Statement of Purpose rules.

Click the "about forum" tab, and read the Statement of Purpose rules before posting.

[JoseBalow]

19. Please allow me to help you

The 1619 Project: The Whole Work (pdf)

The 1619 Project
2019 project by the New York Times on the history of slavery

The 1619 Project is a long-form journalistic revisionist historiographical work that takes a critical view of traditionally revered figures and events in American history, including the Patriots in the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers, along with Abraham Lincoln and the Union during the Civil War. It was developed by Nikole Hannah-Jones, writers from The New York Times, and The New York Times Magazine. It focused on subjects of slavery and the founding of the United States, taking its name from the year that the first enslaved Africans arrived to colonial Virginia. The first publication from the project was in The New York Times Magazine of August 2019. The project developed an educational curriculum, supported by the Pulitzer Center, later accompanied by a broadsheet article, live events, and a podcast. "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story" is a book-length anthology of essays and poetry that further develops the project's ideas.

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In 2020, The New York Times premiered a dedicated podcast series. In 2021, a book anthology of essays and poetry The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story was published, as well as a children's picture book The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson. In January 2023, Hulu premiered a six-part documentary TV series created by Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine. This series won an Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1619_Project

[LudwigPastorius]

20. Thank you, JoseBalow.

See OP, that's the kind of thing we were looking for from you.

Of course, you don't have to post a link and excerpts to something you are trying to get others to read, but that will make it more likely they will. Also, it's kind of a common courtesy.

Welcome to DU, Tom Dyer!

[BWdem4life]

23. Wrong forum.

[mr715]

24. Don't be, I'm your friend.

We're on the same side.

[walkingman]

26. I think it should be a mandatory read for every HS to graduate. As expected many of the Southern

states have banned it. They are ashamed of their history and would rather frame history in a more positive way. I can only speak for Texas, but our education system is run by a right-wing SBOE (State Board of Education) which frame American and Texas history as they wish it was rather than the reality of what it is.

It is just another form of censorship. Fight Back!

[senseandsensibility]

27. Don't be

I've never understood it but there are certain posters who seem to look for "mistakes" or shortcomings in others' posts. They have no qualms about pointing whatever they deem to be a flaw out so I have no qualms in ignoring them. Don't let them ruin your experience at DU!

[Innocent Smith]

28. Are you sure this is the right forum for this?

kidding
(I blame the Mike's Harder Cranberry for my post)

[GoneOffShore]

29. We may need the door buzzard.