Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190819:11:16:00
Version of who we are. when we measure that against our practices we know that reaching out has always been aspirational in some ways. that the reality of our lives have been defined in some ways by our limitations. what the 1619 project does when you shift the story of america from the plymouth -- from plymouth rock to jamestown, the contradictions of the country come into full view. so what we see is this idea of slavery over determining the very ways in which we understand the notions of liberty and freedom and equality. and how we have been grappling with that since the founding. and how t...