1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones sparks outrage with unearthed 2019 podcast saying communist Cuba is among the 'least racist' countries in the world

1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones has come under fire after comments she made in 2019 about Cuba being among the 'most equal' countries in the world because of its socialist government resurfaced online.  

Hannah-Jones appeared on a podcast with Ezra Klein of Vox and The New York Times in 2019 and was asked for her thoughts on places around the world that had a 'viable and sufficiently ambitious integration agenda'.

She replied that she thought Cuba to be among the most 'equal' and 'multiracial' country in the western hemisphere due to its socialist society.  

'The most equal multi-racial country in our hemisphere, it would be Cuba,' she said.