The New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones slammed modern American society Tuesday for being one of the "most unequal" in all of history.
Hannah-Jones spoke at an "Arlington Reads Signature Author Event" for the Arlington Public Library in Virginia. The event page invited the public, "Join us for a lecture by author Nikole Hannah-Jones about her book ‘The 1619 Project’ and the freedom to read," noting it was part of the "Arlington Public Library's celebration of Banned Books Week."
While the lecture was livestreamed for remote viewers and the event page said, "There will be no recording," a brief clip from her speech was posted online Tuesday night that showed her bashing American exceptionalism.