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Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The New York Times\u2019 \u201c1619 Project,\u201d said paying reparations for slavery would amount to admitting that \u201cthe entire existence of the United States\u201d is a crime.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPaying reparations is an admission of the crime,\u201d Ms. Hannah-Jones said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not an admission of the crime of a handful of bad apples or a few years of bad policy. It is the crime of the entire existence of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

The remarks came during a conversation with The Meteor, a left-wing media outlet, recorded at Vital Voices Global Headquarters in Washington. The interview, conducted by Brittany Packnett Cunningham, centered on reparations and the legacy of slavery as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Ms. Hannah-Jones argued that America\u2019s history of slavery is too deeply embedded to be erased short of removing \u201call the monuments on the Mall in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could never knock down all the statues to enslavers, or you have to remove all the monuments on the Mall in Washington,\u201d she said. \u201cSlavery predates the founding of our country by 150 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She pointed to backlash over Juneteenth, critical race theory and restrictions on how history is taught in schools as evidence that many Americans still refuse to confront the legacy of slavery.<\/p>\n

Ms. Hannah-Jones, a journalism professor at Howard University, won a Pulitzer Prize for her lead essay in the \u201c1619 Project,\u201d which reframed the nation\u2019s founding around the arrival of enslaved Africans in 1619. The project was praised by many for elevating a long-underexamined chapter of American history, while a number of historians \u2014 including some who identify as liberal \u2014 publicly disputed specific factual claims, particularly around the role slavery played in motivating the American Revolution.<\/p>\n

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