In addition to being a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and a professor at Howard University , Nikole Hannah-Jones might as well list “calls out racist BS” as a profession. The architect of The 1619 Project has constantly battled attacks and criticisms from academics, politicians and online trolls since 2019, when she debuted her examination of the centrality of slavery and racism in American history. With the recent release of the project’s book form, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story , the hate from conservative academics, elected officials and social media denizens has exploded again. On Sunday, Hannah-Jones appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press to talk about the controversy surrounding the project with host Chuck Todd. And, oh boy, Todd got more than he bargained for. Todd, attempting to give voice to the project’s critics, posed the question to Hannah-Jones: “I think this is coming, basically, through a racial lens, but parents are saying,...