"A Free Society Does Not Ban Books" - Nikole Hannah-Jones

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  • Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and creator of The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, explains what the project is all about and gives Stephen her take on why 14 states have banned or attempted to ban teaching it in schools. Her new book, "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story," is available now. #Colbert #NikoleHannahJones #The1619Project
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  • @balcorn9211
    @balcorn9211 Рік тому +482

    "...the highest calling of patriotism, which is to see the ways in which your country is failing, to see the hypocrisy of your country, to see the way your country is not living up to it's highest ideals, but still believing that your country can become the thing that we all dream it to be."

  • @berthabridges3483
    @berthabridges3483 Рік тому +65

    "The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to."
    ~ Marian Wright Edelman, American lawyer, activist, writer, and founder of the Children's Defense Fund

  • @shondacannon6218
    @shondacannon6218 Рік тому +48

    This is why I appreciate, and will continue to support this show! Thank you ❤

  • @Rebel_AF
    @Rebel_AF Рік тому +139

    Absolutely brilliant! Wish I'd learned about this sooner in school but glad to be educated about it now. Love that Stephen Colbert is having important guests like this on the show. ❤️👍🤘🙏

  • @hugovallarta
    @hugovallarta Рік тому +84

    I had no knowledge of any of this. I'm looking forward to educating myself. Thank you for having her on your show

    • @gcromer903
      @gcromer903 Рік тому +1

      Thank you for listening 🙂

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @Hugo Aguirre, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @edge918
    @edge918 Рік тому +24

    We are thankful for your father's service Nikole 💙💙💙

  • @berthabridges3483
    @berthabridges3483 Рік тому +98

    "The whole world 🌎 opened to me when I learned to read."
    ~ Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, and activist

    • @gloriaf6971
      @gloriaf6971 Рік тому +7

      Ms Bethune was absolutely right. People who know how to read but don't do so are no better off than someone who is illiterate.

  • @mrpearson1230
    @mrpearson1230 Рік тому +76

    Thankyou for bringing this very educated queen on! Love this woman! Get her book & read it! It's so good! I plan on reading again! 18 non-fictional essays 17 scholars 36 poems and/or works of fiction! Many historians took part in this wonderful work! You will benefit from reading this book!

    • @brianag9726
      @brianag9726 Рік тому +10

      I will be buying, reading and sharing with my students, as appropriate. Thankfully I don’t teach in one of the 14 states that she mentions.

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @JEric P., I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

    • @mrpearson1230
      @mrpearson1230 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@StumblingThroughItAll oversight? Be careful who you "stumble across". Everybody has a narrative of history. Just because you read something with a different narrative and you personally agree with it more doesn't make it more true than the folks who may have a more accurate representation of history like 1619 which many historians took part in.

  • @dustykashifeathers858
    @dustykashifeathers858 Рік тому +215

    if ignorance is bliss, then I'd rather be uncomfortably aware; thank you Nicole Hannah Jones, can't wait to read your vital book; and we all know how when a book gets banned, it only goes viral and sold out ✨🙏

    • @3rdmm
      @3rdmm Рік тому +13

      Innocence is bliss, ignorance is evil.

    • @Anuchan
      @Anuchan Рік тому +2

      The closest I'd come to banning is to restrict a book to certain ages.

    • @lindabb7064
      @lindabb7064 Рік тому +15

      @@Anuchan Why restrict when we recommend and explain the basis of the recommendation? Let people have a free enlightened choice for their children. I was a gifted child, and I hated fairy tales and most "children" books. There are other kids like this out there.

    • @karankapoor2701
      @karankapoor2701 Рік тому +1

      @@lindabb7064 then make sure your kids read the book Kamasutra and make sure you narrate it by doing a practical

    • @lindabb7064
      @lindabb7064 Рік тому +4

      @@karankapoor2701 you are more than welcome to do so with your kids, since those are your words not mine. I said no book banning and instead provide age recommendation and let the parents decide. If kamasutra is what you decide for your kids, you will face the consequence of any laws you might break. Banning books because people like you are afraid to make a mistake or thar other would be tempted is beyond me. Adults take accountability for there choices. If we can't we are maybe big babies needing a censure system acting like mommy and daddy.

  • @berthabridges3483
    @berthabridges3483 Рік тому +44

    "All of us must recognize that education and innovation will be the currency of the twenty-first century."
    ~ Barack Obama, American lawyer, writer, politician, activist, and humanitarian who served as the 44th President of the United States 🇺🇸

  • @craigsavarese4554
    @craigsavarese4554 Рік тому +146

    As a history major, I hold it in the highest regards. History is not meant to make a person feel good or bad, it is a tool to inform you of what has taken place before and to learn from it. Those that choose to ignore, deny, or edit the truth of history are doomed to repeat its tragedies.

    • @eponymousIme
      @eponymousIme Рік тому +6

      >>History is not meant to make a person feel good or bad, it is a tool to inform you of what has taken place before and to learn from it.

    • @leannej.mangano1097
      @leannej.mangano1097 Рік тому +6

      EXACTLY!!!! It's such a simple concept and it blows my mind that so many people don't understand it

    • @karankapoor2701
      @karankapoor2701 Рік тому +7

      Then maybe you'd know that her books have literally been debunked thousand of times

    • @darkphoenix6807
      @darkphoenix6807 Рік тому +1

      Can you please add a link to one of those times? If you’re going to say alms thing like that, prove it.

    • @m.j.cicero276
      @m.j.cicero276 Рік тому +4

      @@karankapoor2701 Yes, do educate us, please - exactly when, where, and how did this "debunking" take place? You see, some of us value actual facts over bullshit.

  • @berthabridges3483
    @berthabridges3483 Рік тому +169

    "Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise."
    ~ Michelle Obama, American lawyer, writer, activist, and humanitarian who served as the First Lady of the United States of America 🇺🇸

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 Рік тому +2

      It's encouraging that Stephen's audience knew of and supported the 1619 project and its author.

    • @enviromental2565
      @enviromental2565 Рік тому +2

      My husband was raised in a racist family, who were die hard Republicans. During the Obama presidency, he became completely became enamored with Michelle Obama. He greatly admired her strength, intelligence, and grace as First Lady.

    • @alfredlutz7258
      @alfredlutz7258 Рік тому

      Good idea, but I'd like to know how many black kids couldn't afford to get that education because her husband promoted bankers' interests over those of black people trapped in subprime mortgages. The Obamas were a lot of hat but no cattle.

    • @feliciapate7926
      @feliciapate7926 Рік тому +1

      I don't know if you copy-and-pasted this or if you wrote it, but it's cool that "First Lady" wasn't the first thing listed in Ms. Obama's accomplishments here.

  • @cindyhill9091
    @cindyhill9091 Рік тому +31

    Thank you, Nikole Hannah-Jones, for your work. It is so important!

  • @randeehughes99
    @randeehughes99 Рік тому +60

    We need more people like her shining the light on what and how America has fault for this nation to be the leaders in our democracy! She is totally right our freedom’s are being taken even when the right- wing bans books!

    • @mobydick3895
      @mobydick3895 Рік тому

      But slavery is not the cause of history. Philosophy is the cause of history.

  • @thomasdimattia3556
    @thomasdimattia3556 Рік тому +57

    As important and moving as this interview is, the fact that a picture of her dad got on an important popular national talk show today brought me to tears. As a clear representative of the most underrated Americans in history, this gentleman post humosly needs to receive the metal of freedom award.

    • @brainmachine235
      @brainmachine235 Рік тому +7

      Can I recommend something that I found to be very rewarding? There are recordings available online that were done about 100 years ago with sharecroppers, servants, etc. It is amazing to hear them speak in their own voices. There is also a small selection of autobiographies. Marvelous!

    • @TheAureliac
      @TheAureliac Рік тому +4

      Me too. And I wholeheartedly agree with her premise that seeking to correct faults is more patriotic than pretending they don't exist.

  • @bowelsoftrogdor
    @bowelsoftrogdor Рік тому +96

    Recognizing oppressive behavior is very important to teach. I have no eloquence but I hold to my heart that reducing anyone to "lesser" is absolute bullshit.

    • @mariaaguadoball3407
      @mariaaguadoball3407 Рік тому +10

      Sometimes succinctness is better than eloquence.

    • @Andrea.1tree
      @Andrea.1tree Рік тому

      We’ve got to vote Democrat candidates in, all the way down the ballot if we want to keep a fascist government from taking over. They’re currently focused on anti semetic rhetoric, but black, brown and LGBTQ+ people will quickly see their rights disappear under that rule. For starters. Vote blue!

    • @konradyearwood5845
      @konradyearwood5845 Рік тому +8

      Believe me, your statement was eloquent.

    • @karankapoor2701
      @karankapoor2701 Рік тому +1

      This woman has literally been debunked thousand of times

    • @mariaaguadoball3407
      @mariaaguadoball3407 Рік тому +6

      @@karankapoor2701 She literally has not. The consensus of respected historians is on her side. Maybe if you stopped listening to rightwing extremists, you might learn something.

  • @theresarosenquist7810
    @theresarosenquist7810 Рік тому +10

    Thank you SO MUCH for this interview! #Brilliant! I truly hope her voice and vision is heard loud & clear by ALL!

  • @jonstewartsuperfan2988
    @jonstewartsuperfan2988 Рік тому +64

    Ironically the Facts dont care about your feelings crowd get really offended by this lady just stating historical facts

    • @martytrueblood5902
      @martytrueblood5902 Рік тому

      orbis spike 1610 is earth record..
      ju wish though
      hun...
      snickers

    • @JSephH76
      @JSephH76 Рік тому +10

      @@martytrueblood5902 Did you just have a stroke my man

    • @martytrueblood5902
      @martytrueblood5902 Рік тому

      @@JSephH76 Facts don't care about your feelings
      sweety

    • @johnmesser3278
      @johnmesser3278 Рік тому +3

      A coherent comment might help you eventually

    • @JSephH76
      @JSephH76 Рік тому +3

      @@martytrueblood5902 No I mean you were literally incomprehensible. Genuinely thought you might have had a stroke because if you decided to type and submit that comment while completely sober then there is no hope for you. I am either going to be worried for your physical health (stroke) or mental health (sanity) so pick which it is.

  • @MrJimmy1953
    @MrJimmy1953 Рік тому +62

    Thank you Nikole. Yes, in a free country no book should be banned. Especially a book called the 1619 project.

    • @luisnieves8242
      @luisnieves8242 Рік тому

      why do I need to know all about blacks.not interested

  • @constanceadams9992
    @constanceadams9992 Рік тому +10

    You made us all so proud sister!!❤❤❤ way to go Nikolie Olie!

  • @gloriaf6971
    @gloriaf6971 Рік тому +13

    I must get that book. The 1619 Project is a must read for me. I hope other people will read it too!

  • @tommyt1971
    @tommyt1971 Рік тому +35

    She brought up the point about book banning that I always do -- as a college librarian myself -- which is that 99/100 times, the people who want to challenge/ban/remove a book have NOT read it themselves. And that's NOT to suggest that actually reading the book, taking it in, understanding the themes involved will in any way change their thinking about it -- they're often just too ignorant to try to learn something rather than get militant and destructive about it.

    • @feliciapate7926
      @feliciapate7926 Рік тому

      What those same folks don't know is that kids nowadays have access to VPNs and shadow libraries online where they can find the banned books if they know about them. I would've been the kid to distribute banned books to all my friends if we'd have had the tech back then. Surely, there are kids like that now.

  • @SirRocktober
    @SirRocktober Рік тому +28

    "When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you are only telling the world that you fear what he might say" George R.R. Martin (edited because of autocorrect)

  • @naomibee8881
    @naomibee8881 Рік тому +24

    I have the greatest respect for this woman. Thank you so much for this fantastic interview!

  • @jasongreene6311
    @jasongreene6311 Рік тому +91

    "A free society does not ban books." 100% correct

    • @ireallyreallyhategoogle
      @ireallyreallyhategoogle Рік тому +3

      Name one society that has never banned any book.
      I'll wait.

    • @PhobosHCM
      @PhobosHCM Рік тому

      you want kindergartners read book about giving blow job?

    • @ireallyreallyhategoogle
      @ireallyreallyhategoogle Рік тому

      @@PhobosHCM get lost troll

    • @nilo70
      @nilo70 Рік тому +1

      No , it does not ! Only repressive regime’s do that shite .

    • @nilo70
      @nilo70 Рік тому

      America and the Library of Congress .

  • @mistadomino
    @mistadomino Рік тому +13

    Wonderful having her on the show!

  • @GoldSag1
    @GoldSag1 Рік тому +23

    My sister purchased the book for me last year. It wasnt an easy read for me, I will admit, but it is a vital piece of American literature. It's a one stop shop if you will for information pertaining to slavery and how it evolved into systemic racism to the Civil rights movement to present day. It's told from a point of facts and not opinion. A must read.

    • @kayecastleman6353
      @kayecastleman6353 Рік тому +4

      I'm not sure there can be an unbiased book on such a highly-charged subject, since deciding which facts to include and which facts to omit can't help but slant the contents in a given direction. That is exactly why we need to read multiple books on subjects like these, with a range of perspectives from a variety of authors. One-stop-shopping is how we too often get narrow opinions perpetuating themselves. That being said, given how informed and articulate this author presents, I wager "The 1619 Project" is one of the top three publications that should be required reading for anyone wanting to be fully knowledgeable of these historical events, and probably an excellent place to start.

    • @GoldSag1
      @GoldSag1 Рік тому +1

      @@kayecastleman6353 have you read the book?

    • @kayecastleman6353
      @kayecastleman6353 Рік тому

      @@GoldSag1 Not yet.

    • @Brianbeesandbikes
      @Brianbeesandbikes Рік тому +1

      @@kayecastleman6353 Those that claim to be unbias are complying with and confirming truths that are inconvenient or horrific to keep whatever systemic racism/ sexism/ classism serves its 1%.
      Gerald Horne and DuBois are bright lights in exposing past and present injustices.
      Gerald Horne interview ua-cam.com/video/aYwTDuwH2UU/v-deo.html
      On DuBois
      ua-cam.com/video/rYQa9EnG8Ck/v-deo.html

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @GoldSag, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @stevie4641
    @stevie4641 Рік тому +6

    Ray Bradbury is rolling over in his grave. Book banning is 'Fahrenheit 451' in real time. Thank you for educating me about the 1619 Project.

  • @NatashaMay10
    @NatashaMay10 Рік тому +74

    As a Millennial, my middle school in middle America had a project where we learned about 1619. I can still recall parts of our “rap” today. It also saddens me that people from my generation are fighting to keep these facts from the next generation.

    • @ColoringKaria
      @ColoringKaria Рік тому +1

      Tell me you guys didn’t do a “rap” about 1619

    • @NatashaMay10
      @NatashaMay10 Рік тому +11

      @@ColoringKaria Oh yeah we did. “16 👏🏽 19, 16 👏🏽 19”

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy Рік тому +4

      cant control the narrative when people listening are educated in reality

    • @feliciapate7926
      @feliciapate7926 Рік тому +3

      Music is one of the easiest and oldest ways of teaching things because we tend to remember songs even if we don't remember anything else. Look up Sabaton, if you want an example of a metal band that teaches history. Unfortunately, even though you and I are probably roughly the same age, my school likely skimmed over 1619. If anything, all I recall about whatever we were taught is that some colonies were being founded at that time.

    • @brettg274
      @brettg274 Рік тому +1

      😂 🤡

  • @debrahelmlinger6256
    @debrahelmlinger6256 Рік тому +144

    As a retired Librarian, I approve this message

  • @krisfrederick5001
    @krisfrederick5001 Рік тому +40

    Book burners are threatened by thought. 👀

  • @idaslapter5987
    @idaslapter5987 Рік тому +6

    Thank you for having her on as a guest. what a wonderful person.

  • @zeldasmith6154
    @zeldasmith6154 Рік тому +19

    Censorship is very dominant in the education system. The narrative is shaped by the school systems at every level.

  • @JuiceMyRandomness
    @JuiceMyRandomness Рік тому +33

    I had no idea about the year 1619. Thanks for teaching me something new. I am British and even though it’s hard to hear about the past and the horrid British/American people that enslaved those and created slavery like this. I never get Thai banning books thing! Either you wanna read it or not don’t stop a whole state being able to read it!

    • @eponymousIme
      @eponymousIme Рік тому +1

      In fact, the earliest form of slavery were the white European indentured servants living in the colonies established by the folks who had fled England.

    • @melanies.6030
      @melanies.6030 Рік тому +2

      @@eponymousIme She pointed out the significant differences in indentured slavery vs. race-based slavery. Not sure how you could miss that in the conversation, unless you didn't watch or listen to it.

    • @Brianbeesandbikes
      @Brianbeesandbikes Рік тому +3

      @@eponymousIme Chattle slavery is in no way similar to indentured service. Gotta be careful making comparisons

    • @feliciapate7926
      @feliciapate7926 Рік тому

      Book burners would probably like to take us all back to 1619 when you could burn a book and virtually erase it forever...along with possibly burning/hanging the author. There's a part of me that'd like to ship them all off to Mars to settle so they could burn books to stay warm, but I fear they'd then get their act together and try to come back and conquer Earth with their space rayguns and Mars-rifles.

    • @infoscrolls
      @infoscrolls Рік тому

      @@Brianbeesandbikes slavery is slavery

  • @jeanetteschock4744
    @jeanetteschock4744 Рік тому +3

    My favorite bookstore is City Lights in San Francisco.. the front window proudly says WE SELL BANNED BOOKS.

  • @brianag9726
    @brianag9726 Рік тому +30

    In teaching my students US history, I also learned of the cannibalism that took place among the Jamestown settlers . That was never taught to me…interesting.

    • @eponymousIme
      @eponymousIme Рік тому +4

      I imagine there's also a lot of shady stuff about our classic American Founding Fathers and other heroes that never made the light of day. Or, if it did, was buried so that it wouldn't make into a history book.

    • @Iloveswedes
      @Iloveswedes Рік тому

      And the Donner Party, and many other desperate white parts of society who claim to be the most civilized. They'll tell you about the African cannibals they've come across, though.

  • @roxannaweaver2155
    @roxannaweaver2155 Рік тому +10

    Well, imagine that - I learned something new today and I'm 71. The White Lion, huh? Another item to add to my stack of things I need to learn more about before I jump to my next adventure. It never ceases to amaze me how much information about this country is out there that so few of us know bout and so many do not want to know or want any of us to know. Mind-boggling. Education matters.

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @Roxanna Weaver, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

    • @roxannaweaver2155
      @roxannaweaver2155 Рік тому

      @@StumblingThroughItAll Indentured servants, yes. I did know about them and have mentioned that in prior posts. I did not know about the information you shared here though. I will need to read the book mentioned in this interview.

  • @chrisl9293
    @chrisl9293 Рік тому +7

    Short and simple. I love the way you stand up truth and reality. Nice to see there is an opposition too, shall we say social media.

  • @simondalton3726
    @simondalton3726 Рік тому +13

    How can the land of the free and the home of the brave be banning books?
    Where is the freedom to examine your history?
    Where is the bravery to face it?
    Every decent person knows what is like to say sorry to someone you have hurt. The weight that is lifted - the sense of new beginnings.
    Just get on with it. The world is a better place when the U.S is strong and united.

    • @TheAureliac
      @TheAureliac Рік тому +1

      Exactly. Over and over again our country has been offered the chance to acknowledge the past and move forward more equitably. It saddens me greatly that women like Hannah-Jones are more willing to forgive than conservatives are willing to be forgiven.

  • @angus7278
    @angus7278 Рік тому +11

    When anyone wants to ban a book you DEFINITELY should read it. The 1619 Project is a great, eye-opening read.

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @Angus Mac, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @dsaint372
    @dsaint372 Рік тому +8

    Thank you for having Nikole on.

  • @DonJorgeRM
    @DonJorgeRM Рік тому +12

    That last bit about loving your country enough to want to see it do better. That's true patriotism. Love doesn't mean not seeing imperfections.

    • @TheAureliac
      @TheAureliac Рік тому +1

      Exactly. Loving your country, as with loving your child, can be unconditional but should still involve trying to mold it to be its best self.

  • @bowdencable7094
    @bowdencable7094 Рік тому +4

    We are long overdue a reckoning on our origin myths. Updating this will make us a stronger, better community and country.

  • @peggypolo3643
    @peggypolo3643 Рік тому +18

    Thank you for this Stephen Colbert!

  • @dusseau13
    @dusseau13 Рік тому +9

    That is patriotism.

  • @Mister006
    @Mister006 Рік тому +3

    Excellent interview! Stephen is the best! Nikole Hannah-Jones is an exceptional excellent academic talent!

  • @valiizajames925
    @valiizajames925 Рік тому +10

    Salute to "A Truth Teller"

  • @neilsoulman
    @neilsoulman Рік тому +9

    'a free society does NOT ban books"

  • @JM-sj5oi
    @JM-sj5oi Рік тому +6

    She is truly an incredible person. I have read the book twice because there is SO much to learn. I'm a little disappointed Colbert had not read the book before the interview.

  • @bearlady5694
    @bearlady5694 Рік тому +5

    Wonderful lessons which should be taught in our public schools. Her book should be in every school library and every public library so that persons can read and comtemplate how this history impacts our society today.

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @Bearlady5, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @siwi666
    @siwi666 Рік тому +1

    that was such a wonderful interview with the erudite and passionate patriot Nikole Hannah-Jones. Thank you

  • @conniekitzinger53
    @conniekitzinger53 Рік тому +6

    This book was the most impactful book I have read in almost my entire lifetime and I am 61. It is beyond comprehension, but sadly understandable, that the information in this book has been completely obscured from our history. It is despicable that people are trying to ban this book. We are never going to move forward if we can't honestly address our past. Thank you Nikole.

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @Connie Kitzinger, speaking of honestly addressing the past...I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @chinookvalley
    @chinookvalley Рік тому +6

    I'm currently reading "Profiles in Courage", by JFK. It tells of how our forefathers used slavery. It's an abomination that we weren't taught. If we don't learn history and realize our mistakes, and TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for the actions of our forefathers, we should be ashamed!! So many people are STILL suffering for their actions.

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @chinookvalley, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @pedronoa1973
    @pedronoa1973 Рік тому +5

    Great guest 👏

  • @eponymousIme
    @eponymousIme Рік тому +3

    Good interview. Glad she was invited as a guest.

  • @1slandgirlcaribbean304
    @1slandgirlcaribbean304 Рік тому +1

    What an excellent guest to have to share our country's truths. I look forward to reading her book.

  • @elfari100
    @elfari100 Рік тому +4

    If you don't understand a problem there's no way to solve it.

  • @peacefulfanpuppylover2311
    @peacefulfanpuppylover2311 Рік тому +2

    Phenomenal interview!

  • @jodyjock
    @jodyjock Рік тому +2

    Bravo 👏

  • @matthuck378
    @matthuck378 Рік тому +8

    Should have given up the entire show to talk with her, Stephen.

  • @oliviapowers8280
    @oliviapowers8280 Рік тому +2

    Poignant, Powerful, & Fabulous!!

  • @dewilton7712
    @dewilton7712 Рік тому +3

    I recently noticed a correlation between the most democratic country lists and the happiest country lists. America is 25-36th most democratic and 16-19th happiest.

  • @TR4zest
    @TR4zest Рік тому +5

    What an eloquent, smart author Nikole is.

  • @renatacantore3684
    @renatacantore3684 Рік тому +2

    May God bless this Treasured American ❤

  • @astropioneer3296
    @astropioneer3296 Рік тому +2

    Powerful stuff. Nikole Hannah-Jones is a great American.

  • @joannejohnson7006
    @joannejohnson7006 Рік тому +5

    Stephen Colbert you are enlightening with your guests, raising us all up, for the highest good. ❤Thank you for sharing this brilliant brave woman with us today.

  • @Numismatists_Matter
    @Numismatists_Matter Рік тому +3

    " I cannot live without books;..." - Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, June 10, 1815
    My public library card will be filled with books including yours.💯💪🏻💙

  • @brandydouble338
    @brandydouble338 Рік тому +4

    I'll take that bite of the apple of knowledge....and accept the responsibility of doing better....rather than the bs ignorance of all the lack of knowledge. Thanks for the educational information....and for trying to keep book banning from happening.

  • @marcharris868
    @marcharris868 Рік тому +3

    Already have the book…..thank you Stephen for this interview. Now, DO IT AGAIN!

  • @brandym.williams7314
    @brandym.williams7314 Рік тому +1

    The truth must be taught. Thank you for the 1619 project.

  • @lynnebucher6537
    @lynnebucher6537 Рік тому +2

    Any time I hear someone wants to ban a book, I wonder what they are hiding.

  • @hidalgov1
    @hidalgov1 Рік тому +2

    All major corporations donate money to both parties. It is difficult to change the status quo and have a corporation publicly align with one specific party. It’s bad for business, bad for society and bad for democracy.

  • @aslprobro
    @aslprobro Рік тому +1

    I love her. I love the podcast. Heading to audible now!

  • @timisaac8121
    @timisaac8121 Рік тому +8

    My Grandfather died in Battle of the Bulge with 101st airborne. USA crushed them. I feel a equality with this woman's father that goes beyond words.

  • @alexaales7937
    @alexaales7937 Рік тому +3

    I don't understand why they would not teach this in school, it's part of your history. I am german and was taught extensively about my country's shameful past. why - to learn from our ancestor's mistake. what's wrong with that? History is such a powerful tool!

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @Alexa Ales, because NHJ absolutely has a very specific ideological bent she is trying to support through her "historical argument". I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @xelamercedes
    @xelamercedes Рік тому +1

    Thank you Stephen for inviting her onto your show. The whack jobs who have never read and will never read anything the 1619 Project project produces have filled the air waves with their uninformed hysteria. Splendid to hear directly from the award-winning historian who produced it.

  • @williamthomas3359
    @williamthomas3359 Рік тому +4

    You all know who else Banned books? The Gestapo in 1930s Germany. And of course, they are always the first thing we think of as a paragon of virtue and nothing bad ever happened to them.

  • @joy4ki
    @joy4ki Рік тому +1

    Extraordinary.

  • @advondahunter5550
    @advondahunter5550 Рік тому +2

    😁👏👏👏👏👏👏THANK YOU 😊

  • @kenknight5983
    @kenknight5983 Рік тому +7

    I think it's especially important to preserve something as hateful as Hitler's Mein Kampf as we need a record of where things went wrong. What you do with that information afterwards is a much bigger topic

    • @seegxyber4803
      @seegxyber4803 Рік тому

      -&-#PARTℹCULARLY AS ~ THAT ~accordℹng to hℹs late spouse~ℹS THE.SℹNGLE.BOOK~{actually ~ a book of Der Fürher's speeches....} that #45 kept ▶bedsℹde◀‼

    • @kenknight5983
      @kenknight5983 Рік тому

      @@seegxyber4803 What people do with it is the problem. It's just as important to keep a copy of The Art of the Deal for the same reasons. People will still do stupid things with it though

  • @erikschaepers
    @erikschaepers Рік тому +16

    I am definitely going to buy that book, and what a great interview there again by Stephen the Maestro.. Us Europeans still do not appreciate enough how the race issue has divided over decades, and actually centuries the American society on so many levels. Looking forward to reading up on it - and thank you, Nikole for writing it.

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @erik schaepers, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @mackymintle7806
    @mackymintle7806 Рік тому +13

    More Nikole please.
    Americans needs her to educate them.

    • @karankapoor2701
      @karankapoor2701 Рік тому +1

      She's a legit clown and only people who use the word BIRTHING PEOPLE take her seriously

  • @caliscribe2120
    @caliscribe2120 Рік тому +6

    You also don't ban political philosophies from a medium that is now more important than book publishing, the internet. You also don't ban people you disagree with from what should be the most open arena in our society, our universities and colleges.

    • @KingsguardRP
      @KingsguardRP Рік тому +2

      Yes you can ban them if they are violating the rules within the establishment ie. Hate, discrimination, violence.
      Just as you wouldnt allow a pornographic book or a book that preaches hate and violence to be in a library.
      There is a difference between that and a book teaching history in an objective manner.

    • @rickkwitkoski1976
      @rickkwitkoski1976 Рік тому

      @cali scribe
      Got anyone in particular in mind?

    • @mariag.8242
      @mariag.8242 Рік тому

      Passionate arguments are fine as long as they’re based in facts and reason from there. People can say what they like if the foundation is true and the opinions build on the foundation. Lying and getting people upset over things that aren’t happening is vile.

  • @patriciaperkins6629
    @patriciaperkins6629 Рік тому +1

    The truth is so powerful stop trying to ban it!!

  • @cal2780
    @cal2780 Рік тому +2

    When I was in junior highschool, 1963, I asked about the contributions of people of color and native Americans to the history of America. I was ridiculed and bullied....by my history teacher. I grew up in an all "white" city in the Midwest. I was taught to fear anyone not "white" like me. It didn't work. Just made me more curious about people "not like me". Ignorant adults!

  • @jaden8084
    @jaden8084 Рік тому +2

    What a wonderful interview! I love the wisdom she is sharing. My list of books to read lately is getting longer and longer. Honestly if you are going to ban books, you might as well burn them and call yourself a Nazi because that's the ideology of such censorship. Not to mention its pretty pathetic to be afraid of some inanimate objects.

  • @JohnnyForgotten311
    @JohnnyForgotten311 Рік тому +1

    Boy, that got to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.

  • @jorjastonej
    @jorjastonej Рік тому +2

    I’ve read The 1619 Project. It’s not new history, but it broadens the USA history from the perspective, lived experience, and research of descendants of slavery. I hope and encourage everyone to read it.

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @Julie Johnson, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @nata3467
    @nata3467 Рік тому +8

    She is such an inspiration. I taught history with a group of wonderful colleagues many of us teaching history that was more true to the facts but did not fit into the propaganda narrative others would have liked. Sometimes we chuckle that in today's climate our heads would have been served on a platter but I tell you nothing like real history to excite and interest students... And to support critical thinking something that the right wing seems to be very afraid of.
    I wish you would spend more time with guess of this caliber and a little less time on celebrities love everything about this show you are a beacon of Hope

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @Nata, Speaking of "real history" did you make sure to teach this?
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @blessedveteran
    @blessedveteran Рік тому +1

    A-thefuck-Men! Thank you for speaking out and helping America become greater!

  • @lisarose5685
    @lisarose5685 Рік тому +1

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
    She is so brilliant

  • @CynthiaSea
    @CynthiaSea Рік тому

    What a brilliant, important interview. Thank you!

  • @ProfessorBurlingame
    @ProfessorBurlingame Рік тому +3

    More Nikole Hannah-Jones, please.

  • @allthingswavy6420
    @allthingswavy6420 Рік тому +3

    This interview was waaay too short. This conversation needed to extend into a full-length segment.

  • @drbettyschueler3235
    @drbettyschueler3235 Рік тому +3

    I also believe our country can become a better country if we elect better representatives. So I voted in the midterm election this morning.

  • @jamesclark6142
    @jamesclark6142 Рік тому +11

    I think this interview could have been much longer. I mean you spent 15 (+) minutes with George R.R. Martin...

    • @seegxyber4803
      @seegxyber4803 Рік тому

      L🤣L‼ 'cause he's an "All Thℹngs #TOLKℹEN-ℹsh" #STAN‼

    • @jamesclark6142
      @jamesclark6142 Рік тому

      @@seegxyber4803 Still...

  • @Krieky
    @Krieky Рік тому +3

    So articulate. It is wonderful when Colbert has such bright guests on his program - one learns so much!

  • @brainmachine235
    @brainmachine235 Рік тому +3

    I recommend the book Hiroshima by John Hersey and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury if you missed this too. (The first movie rendition of the book with Julie Christie is excellent. OMG the final scene! Unforgettable.) I never managed to watch the newer version.) These belong in every 12th grade English class as foundational reading.
    Does anyone else have a suggestion?
    Ah! How does literature affect us? When I traveled to Europe I added Finland because I enjoyed the textile designs of the designer Marimekko. I was on a bus at one point and saw a man tending reindeer and realized that I was watching my first Laplander (the Sami as they prefer to be called). I was beside myself with awe. Why? Because in the third grade my class read about this people. That’s what literature does. It’s like eating a banquet with a new and fabulously delicious food that you’ve never eaten before and making it later as part of your own repertoire.

  • @lushoberg8052
    @lushoberg8052 Рік тому +1

    This is fascinating. I have never heard of this before.

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому +1

      @Lu Shoberg, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....

  • @rebeccawinters7244
    @rebeccawinters7244 Рік тому +1

    I’m in the middle of The 1619 Project now….it is so interesting, and very eye opening. If we were taught these stories in school, we would be able to easily recognize some of the actions of politicians today that are racist.

    • @karankapoor2701
      @karankapoor2701 Рік тому +1

      Jussie smollet should take few lessons Fromm that book

    • @StumblingThroughItAll
      @StumblingThroughItAll Рік тому

      @Rebecca Winters, I may have missed this fascinating/haunting detail in NHJ's book, which I stumbled across when studying the origins of the institution of US chattel slavery. Maybe it was an honest oversight.
      The first African "slaves" to come to the US in 1619 were actually indentured servants, not race-based chattel slaves. They worked out their "contracts" and went on to become free men.
      One of the first court cases that was foundational to the legal protection of lifelong chattel slavery was in 1655, Johnson v. Casor. This case was pivotal in laying the foundation for the profoundly vile institution of lifelong chattel slavery (humans as permanent property). The Northampton County Court ruled in favor of Anthony Johnson, which allowed him to keep a black man in lifelong slavery as his property, and John Casor became the first person to be declared a slave for life in the US.
      To show that history has a wildly complex irony;
      Anthony Johnson, who's victory in Johnson v. Casar is credited with laying the foundation for chattel slavery in the US, was also a black man, and was one of the 20 African indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619....